phoenix jiuxiao

Chapter 107

In the next few days, the capital was still shrouded in a tense atmosphere that was about to rain.The rumors in the streets and alleys change several versions a day. In the morning, it was still rumored that King An poisoned the Queen, and at night it became King Jin leading troops into the palace to kill King An. The next day, the story of the Queen’s heroic quelling of the chaos began to spread again. The process... Those who spoke vividly, and those who listened nodded their heads.

Soldiers patrol the streets much more vigorously, but since ancient times, it is better to defend against the mouths of the people than to defend against Sichuan. It is not easy to find the source of the rumors.

In this atmosphere, the only thing not affected was Su Hailing's small courtyard.

After hearing what happened in the capital during these days, Lan Qinshuang laughed so hard that she almost rolled to the ground.

"So, that's it." Su Hailing gave her an angry look, "But then again, I thought you wouldn't come to me, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid."

Lan Qinshuang's smile suddenly froze on her face, and she said after a while, "My kindness was not rewarded."

"Nobody knows you're here, right?" Su Hailing ignored her and only asked.

"Don't worry, I'm not so stupid!" Lan Qinshuang said with a serious tone, gnashing her teeth.

"Where's your army?" Su Hailing asked.

"Stationed outside the city." Lan Qinshuang rolled her eyes and said, "The king of Jin excused that it was getting late and said that he would open the city tomorrow morning. The city wall is not a problem for me, but I have to go out before dawn, and we will meet with the army tomorrow. Let's enter the city together."

"How many troops did you bring?" Su Hailing asked.

When it comes to business, Lan Qinshuang's expression also became serious: "Twenty thousand, just changing defense with half of the imperial guards in the capital."

"Half..." Su Hailing pondered.

"Don't worry!" Lan Qinshuang said with a smile, "The soldiers under my command have experienced many battles at the border. Although the imperial guards in the capital are well-trained and well-equipped, they have never seen blood. With twice as many troops, I am sure to win."

"That's good." Su Hailing has also been on the battlefield for many years, of course he knows the difference between recruits and veterans.

"If there is a mutiny in the capital, I am sure to break up the imperial army and control the capital." Lan Qinshuang said confidently.

"Well, the rest is the military power around..." Su Hailing tapped on the table while looking at the map.

"If you can control the old ministers in the court and get their support, I am at least [-]% sure to persuade my mother to change and support you." Lan Qinshuang said, "As for the old Zhenyuan Army, it has always been neutral, and the Zhenyuan General To die at the hands of the current empress, I believe they will at least not be your enemy."

Su Hailing sighed, and couldn't help thinking of Yun Molai. After a while, he said with some annoyance: "Leave the matter of the Zhenyuan Army to me. I have a relationship with them..."

Lan Qinshuang glanced at her in amazement, but wisely, she didn't ask any further questions, but said, "What about Chaozhong? Are you sure?"

"Alas..." Su Hailing let out a long sigh and lay down on the table.

"What's wrong?" Lan Qinshuang asked inexplicably.

What does that mean?Sure or not?
"Qin Xianghui is on my side." Su Hailing said sullenly.

"That's good, why are you depressed?" Lan Qinshuang was even more confused.

"She wants me to marry her precious grandson." Su Hailing gave her a white look.

Lan Qinshuang was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

"Laugh at your head!" Su Hailing grabbed a brush and threw it over.

"Qin Xiang's grandson is the most beautiful woman and talented man in the capital, don't you think so?" Lan Qinshuang came over and knocked her on the head with a sad expression, "Man, if you are really If you don’t like it, just keep it in the room, and it’s not you who suffers!”

Su Hailing was speechless. After all, Lan Qinshuang is a person of this era. After all, there are still many differences in ideas and concepts from modern people.She doesn't want monogamy hypocritically, but she thinks that at least the people in the house should love each other.That's really unfair to Qin Yuxuan.

"Sometimes I really don't know what you are thinking." Lan Qinshuang shook her head and said again, "But Prime Minister Qin is probably just asking for a guarantee. If you really don't want to marry, there is nothing you can do."

"What way?" Su Hailing sat up straight all of a sudden.

"Anyway, Dayong doesn't have a prince, so you can recognize him as your younger brother and join the royal family." Lan Qinshuang said lightly, "Since the grandson is a royal family, Qin Xiang will naturally feel at ease. But in the future, Qin Yuxuan's marriage cannot be casual Well, it’s best to use it to marry Southern Chu and Western Qin, otherwise Qin Xiang’s power will be combined with any minister in the court, and it will be your turn to have a headache.”

"En." Su Hailing responded, and couldn't help sighing.

Men in this era are like rootless duckweed, drifting with the tide, with no human rights at all.

"What about the others? Who have you come into contact with?" Lan Qinshuang asked again.

"Situ really has no problem." Su Hailing said.

"Of course it's okay for you to take his son." Lan Qinshuang laughed.

"She doesn't know that Situ Ye is still alive." Su Hailing said angrily, "Don't forget, the official certificate of Haiyue Liangxing was issued to me by Situ Zhen himself. Is she not on my side, is there any other choice?"

"Just kidding, don't take it so seriously!" Lan Qinshuang shrugged and said, "Among the six departments, you don't have to think about the Ministry of War. It is the direct line of King Jin. The Ministry of Officials has always been controlled by King An, and the Ministry of Households is now controlled by Prime Minister Qin. Never mind, I will also fall to you. King An occupies the transfer of officials, King Jin occupies the military power, and you occupy the money and food. The Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Punishment belong to you, Liu Yan of the Ministry of Rites only listens to His Majesty, and the Ministry of Industry seems to be very neutral—but these three departments have no real power and are of little use, and you can take it easy after you ascend the throne."

Su Hailing listened to her analysis, nodded in agreement, and said, "But are you missing someone?"

"Who?" Lan Qinshuang was stunned, and then carefully filtered the characters in the court one by one, thinking for a long time and didn't feel that anyone was missed.

You must know that although there are many civil servants in Dayong, most of them are empty posts. The only ones who can really affect the government are the prime minister and the six ministers.

"Your Majesty." Su Hailing said calmly.

"What?" Lan Qinshuang was stunned, "Your Majesty?"

"You don't really think that Her Majesty is being manipulated by King An and King Jin, do you?" Su Hailing raised his eyebrows.

"You say that, but what do you know?" Lan Qinshuang asked.

"I've been in the palace before." Su Hailing said.

"You..." Lan Qinshuang was furious, "Is it so easy to break into the imperial palace? You don't want to die!"

"I'm not fine?" Su Hailing saw that she wanted to refute, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing, if I dare to enter the palace, I'm sure of it."

"Okay." Lan Qinshuang sighed, "Just tell me, what tricks does that Empress have?"

"She gave me the Jade Seal of Chuanguo and the edict of passing on the throne." Su Hailing said.

"Pfft——" Lan Qinshuang just took a sip of water from her teacup, when she heard the words, she froze suddenly and sprayed it all out.

"Hello!" Su Hailing hurriedly picked up the map on the table and walked away.

"Ahem..." Lan Qinshuang threw down the teacup and coughed.

"Fortunately, you are still a general, such a trivial matter can scare you like this." Su Hailing said.

"The Jade Seal of Chuanguo and the edict of passing on the throne!" Lan Qinshuang growled while staring at her with wide eyes.

"I know, I know." Su Hailing nodded.

Lan Qinshuang looked at her for a while, finally shook her head in frustration, and sat back on the chair.

"My imperial sister didn't have any good intentions for giving me this hot thing." Su Hailing sneered.

"With her current situation, she is not afraid of you fighting, but afraid of you not fighting!" Lan Qinshuang is not an idiot, she can't speak to this level and still doesn't understand.

"It's good that you know it in your heart." Su Hailing nodded, put one hand on her shoulder, and said heavily, "I'll leave it to you."

"Don't worry." Lan Qinshuang's answer was only two short words, but her tone was extremely firm.

"It's getting late, you should go back to the barracks first, be careful, don't be caught as a mouse." Su Hailing said with a smile again.

"You don't need to worry about this, I'm leaving first, and I'll have a way to contact you when I enter the capital." After Lan Qinshuang finished speaking, she opened the door gracefully and went out, and disappeared into the vast night in a blink of an eye.

Su Hailing packed up the map and other things, and walked out of the study slowly.

It was past midnight again.

"The talk is over? Why don't you come up and admire the moon." Suddenly, a leisurely voice came from above.

Su Hailing was taken aback, turned around and looked up, only to see Mei Junhan holding a sword, sitting cross-legged on the roof of the study, with a small wine jar in one hand.

With Mei Junhan's martial arts, if she wanted to stay on the roof, she and Lan Qinshuang really wouldn't notice...

Smiling faintly, she tapped her toes and performed lightness kung fu to get on the roof.

In modern times, her fighting skills were among the best in the army, but... As a person of that era, I read Jin Yong's and Gu Long's martial arts novels since I was a child, and I was very yearning for the martial arts described in the books. You can also have that kind of kung fu, which can be regarded as the realization of a dream.

"Accompany me for a drink... No, let's have a drink." Mei Junhan said.

"You planned it long ago." Su Hailing glanced at the neatly piled wine jars and said with a smile.

It's also thanks to him bringing so much wine up, and she and Lan Qinshuang still had a lively conversation, fortunately they were not enemies...

Mei Junhan raised the corners of her lips, and pulled Su Hailing to sit down on the flat roof, grabbed a wine jar, patted the clay and handed it to her.

Suddenly, there was a strong aroma of wine in the air.

Afterwards, he took an altar himself and touched her lightly.

Su Hailing looked at the jar of wine that weighed four to five catties, twitched the corner of his lips very shallowly, raised the jar with one hand, raised his neck, closed his eyes, and downed it in one breath.

Mei Junhan chuckled, and imitated her and began to drink.

After drinking a jar of wine, even Mei Junhan, Ruyu's face couldn't help showing a tinge of blood, which couldn't be seen clearly in the hazy night, but it seemed to have a special style.

Su Hailing casually threw away the empty wine jar, his eyes were already full of drunkenness.

A gust of night wind blew by, bringing a slight coolness, which made people feel refreshed.

"You are too tired." Mei Junhan said.

"Of course I know that you are worried about me." Su Hailing sighed softly, and suddenly said, "Why don't we compete and see, I also want to know how far my martial arts has reached."

"This..." Mei Junhan was stunned, unable to decide whether to agree or refuse.

"Junhan!" Su Hailing looked at him with a smile.

"Okay, don't cry if you lose." Mei Junhan said, stood up and jumped off the ground, ignoring the wine jars piled up on the roof.

"It's not certain who will lose, let me explain first, you are not allowed to let go!" Su Hailing suddenly became excited.

Mei Junhan smiled helplessly, but did not speak.

Even in Mu Qingchen's heyday, he wouldn't dare to say that he won for sure.

"Let's get started!" Su Hailing went back to the room and fetched the Xie Zhu Sword.

Although it was just a sparring session, Su Hailing, with a sword in his hand, unconsciously revealed the demeanor of a master of a generation, which made Mei Junhan, who was originally only perfunctory, not help getting serious.

"Be careful!" Su Hailing shouted lightly, the first move of Wuming Sword Art has already been used - except for Qinglian Sword Song, Mu Qingchen's martial arts almost did not leave the name of the move, so she had to call it temporarily It's called the Unknown Sword Art.

In Mu Qingchen's eyes, it doesn't matter whether it is a move or a name, as long as it is useful, it doesn't matter if it is called the chopping wood sword method or the chicken killing sword method.Only Qinglian Sword Song, which is the famous sword of Qinglian Sword Immortal, has a special meaning.

A hint of surprise appeared in Mei Junhan's eyes. Although Su Hailing has deep internal strength, she did not cultivate it by herself, so her foundation is unavoidably unstable. However, her swordsmanship is extremely sophisticated, and she has rich experience in fighting enemies. When fighting side by side for the first time, she didn't notice some details, and only discovered it now.

The Sword of Punishment shook off the cold stars, covering a large area of ​​the airspace, and at this moment, Mei Junhan moved, and the long sword in his hand unexpectedly drew a half circle in a soft way, as leisurely as if walking in a garden, and came out. There was no sound of the sword. Although it was clearly in front of him, Su Hailing didn't seem to feel his presence.

The two swords intersected, but unexpectedly there was no sound. Mei Junhan's sword bent an arc strangely, subtly counteracting the internal force of Su Hailing's sword, making her feel as if she was chopping on a piece of cotton, unable to use it at all. Work hard.

Su Hailing had a very uncomfortable feeling. Mei Junhan's martial arts was clearly a masculine line, but the technique of unloading strength and borrowing strength was really ingenious.

"Take another move!" She knew that she would definitely not be able to defeat Mei Junhan now, and she was not afraid that he would be injured, so she excitedly withdrew her sword and used the next move.

Mei Junhan smiled slightly, her body didn't move, she just stepped back half a step, and she was out of the range of her sword.

The more Su Hailing fought, the more excited she became. After using up that set of sword skills, she used Qinglian Sword Song again, and then used the moves that Mu Qingchen had taught her one by one.While Mei Junhan was parrying, she only occasionally counterattacked with a sword, and briefly pointed out her mistakes, which benefited her a lot, and many things that she hadn't figured out before suddenly became clear.

I have to admit, at least in terms of teaching people, Mu Qingchen is really not as good as Mei Junhan.

"Miss!" When Su Hailing was fully immersed in the pleasure of freely swaying, Haoyue's voice came over.

"What's the matter?" Mei Junhan heard the words and had put away the sword, and stepped back a few steps, Su Hailing could only stop resentfully.

"It's not that this subordinate intends to disturb Miss's interest, it's just..." Haoyue smiled apologetically, and continued, "King An has returned to Beijing."

Su Hailing's expression darkened immediately upon hearing this.

"It's started." Mei Junhan whispered.

In a blink of an eye, the warm atmosphere just now turned into tense tension.

(End of this chapter)