phoenix jiuxiao

Chapter 71

Xijing, the most important city in the southwest of Dayong, holds the main road leading to West Qin and Southern Chu at the same time.

Since the split of the Great Qin Dynasty 300 years ago, although there have been occasional conflicts among the three countries, there has never been a major war. A prosperous place with a population of 300 and developed economy and trade.There are many shops on the street, and some strangely dressed foreigners can be seen from time to time.Just as the Spring Festival is approaching, children are holding windmills, candied haws and other things, chasing and laughing along the way, and the atmosphere of peace is everywhere.

"General, it's time for you to go back!" A handsome young girl looked anxious, but helplessly chased after another woman in blue.

The woman in blue was very handsome, and a faint scar on her right cheek not only did not destroy the sense of harmony, but added a bit of charm to her.There was always a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, she gently waved her folding fan, and said casually: "It's still early."

"General, you've been out all day, if...you can't afford it if you're small." The delicate girl said with a mournful face.

"Lvzhu, you don't have a crow's mouth!" The woman in blue slammed the handle of her cage fan on her head, and said with a smile, "What's the matter in the camp? If I'm not here for a day and mutiny, it's my Lan Qinshuang's fault." The army?"

"General, the Marshal will be angry." Luzhu murmured while holding her head.

"Don't make noise, with me here, mother can't kill you." Lan Qinshuang said, "Hey, what are there a large group of people doing over there! Go and see!"

"General... General!" Luzhu shouted, stomped her feet, and hurried to catch up.Alas, she must have suffered eight lifetimes of misfortune today, so she was sent by Director Chu to serve this master who just returned to Xijing with the army.

What is staged on the corner of the street is the classic molestation code.

"Haha, beauty, isn't it boring to be alone? How about going for a drink with your sisters?" A few women with hippie smiles surrounded a man, and the crowd of onlookers were either watching the fun with nothing to do with themselves, or dared to get angry. Dare to speak.

When Lan Qinshuang saw the man's face, she was shocked, and the folding fan in her hand almost fell to the ground.

Her crooked eyebrows slanted into her temples, beautiful yet heroic, her eyes exposed outside the veil were as deep and clear as water, showing a brilliance like cold stars, gentle but cold without warmth.The exposed skin is as white and delicate as gelatin.And the most surprising thing is that his waist-length long hair is light gray, but it's not dry like the old man's, but it's as smooth as fine silk and satin. A unique and elegant style temperament.

But what interests Lan Qinshuang the most is his attitude.When ordinary people encounter such situations, they will always show emotions such as anger, fear, and embarrassment.However, the man in white was as calm as water, without any waves.Just standing there quietly, like an independent lily, while those ugly women in front of her are just a puddle of mud, not worthy to stain those pure white petals.

"Get out of the way." The man in white finally spit out two words flatly.

"Get out of the way?" Several women repeated. They were stunned for a moment, and then laughed at each other. One of them even reached out to touch his face.

The man in white frowned slightly, and took a step back indistinctly, avoiding her Lushan's claws.

"Hey, beauty, don't be shy, come on..." The man hugged her again without giving up.

Lan Qinshuang on the side couldn't stand it any longer, and briskly walked out of the crowd, knocking the handle of the fan heavily on the back of the woman's hand, taking advantage of the situation to block the man in white behind her.

"Aiyo!" The woman only felt the pain in her hand, and after screaming, she yelled, "Where do wild women dare to meddle in the affairs of our five tyrants of Xijing? Hit me!"

"Hit? Did you hit me?" Lan Qinshuang laughed "puchi", twirled the folding fan between her fingers, and poked her laughing waist point with a "boom".

"You...hahaha made hahaha what a monster, monster hahahaha..." the woman said while suppressing a smile.

"It's better to be alone than to be happy together, let's laugh together!" Lan Qinshuang pointed out her fingers like the wind, and instantly tapped everyone's laughing points. Immediately, the street was filled with terrifying laughter.

"Are you okay?" Amid the applause, Lan Qinshuang turned around and asked in the most gentle voice.

"It's okay. Thank you." The man in white thanked him politely, but his tone remained calm as before.

"Next to Lan Qinshuang, may I ask your son Gao's name?" Lan Qinshuang ignored the green pearl behind him and chased after him to walk side by side.

The man in white gave her a cold look, didn't answer, just walked on by himself.

"Hey! My general...Miss is asking you something!" Luzhu said angrily, "Why are you so ignorant of good and bad, and treat your savior like this."

"Lvzhu shut up!" Lan Qinshuang's expression darkened.

She could feel that this man was not simple, although it could be seen from his breathing and steps that he really had no internal strength.But that aura, that sweeping gaze, could inadvertently penetrate into the bottom of one's heart, making one's whole body chill.

Xijing, when did such a character appear?

"Miss, miss! I found you!" A middle-aged woman who looked like a servant ran over from the end of the long street, grabbed Lan Qinshuang's right arm, and shouted, "Master, please go back immediately, something serious has happened!"

"What's going on?" Lan Qinshuang was taken aback, then glared at Lu Zhu again, it was really a crow's mouth!

Lu Zhu stuck out her tongue, but didn't dare to say more.

The man in white kept walking, as if they didn't exist at all.

"Hey!" Lan Qinshuang couldn't help but feel a little melancholy when she saw that touch of white disappearing into the vast crowd.

"General, general, are you alright?" Lu Zhu asked cautiously.

"Green Pearl." Lan Qinshuang glanced at the anxious middle-aged woman and said.

"Yes." Lu Zhu hurriedly said.

"Go and find out the origin of that person." Lan Qinshuang ordered, "His temperament and hair color are so special, someone in Xijing must know him."

"Yes, General." Lu Zhu agreed with a bitter face.

"Okay, let's go back." Lan Qinshuang said, turned around and asked, "What happened in the mansion?"

"Miss..." The middle-aged woman looked around cautiously, seeing that no one noticed them, she lowered her voice, "There is news from the capital that His Majesty is critically ill."

"What?" Lan Qinshuang's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

Really great news...

As Lan Qinshuang walked, she quickly calculated in her mind the turmoil in the government and the changes in the situation in various places that the news of the Queen's critical illness would cause.

As soon as she entered the Marshal's mansion, someone immediately led her to the study.

"Shuang'er, come here." Marshal Lan Jing of Dayong behind the desk said without raising his head.

"Mother, is it true that His Majesty is critically ill?" Lan Qinshuang asked directly.

"That's right." Lan Jing nodded, with a heavy face, and handed her another letter, "This is a letter from His Royal Highness King An, please read it."

Lan Qinshuang took the letter, but didn't open it, she only asked, "Did Mother already make a decision?"

Lan Jing was startled, then sighed, in front of the most outstanding daughter, she didn't have any concealment: "Your Majesty has no descendants."

"Then mother thinks King An will be a good emperor?" Lan Qinshuang asked.

"At least better than King Jin." Lan Jing said helplessly, "In the past three years, His Majesty's health has been up and down. King An and King Jin have fought against each other in court, but no matter how you look at it, King Jin is not as good as King An."

"Is there no other choice?" Lan Qinshuang frowned.

"The first emperor's heirs are weak, and the remaining royal women are too distant in blood to get the support of veteran officials in the court." Lan Jing shook her head.

Lan Qinshuang hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Mother, in terms of blood relationship, there is another person... who is more qualified than King An and King Jin..."

"Shut up!" Lan Jing's complexion changed drastically, and she shouted softly.

"Mother!" Lan Qinshuang said indifferently, "There are only you and me here, and no third person will know what happened today."

"You girl, you still make me worry like this." Lan Jing smiled wryly, and said, "Don't forget, she is already dead, and was buried in the imperial tomb together with her righteous lord."

"At this time, who doesn't know that there is an empty tomb in the imperial tomb?" Lan Qinshuang raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "I heard that not long ago, there was that figure behind the rebellion in Southern Chu."

"So what?" Lan Jing continued to shake her head, "How can a girl who has never received the education of an emperor, who has only been in the world for a few years, be able to take on the great responsibility of the country?"

"It seems that Mother has already made up her mind." Lan Qinshuang sighed.

"Our Lan family controls half of the country's military power. If we are uncertain, disaster may not be far away." Lan Jing closed her eyes, with a trace of tired gray on her face.

Lan Qinshuang's heart ached when she saw it, and she slowly exited the study.

The mother who has worked hard for Dayong all her life... It's a pity that she, Lan Qinshuang, is different from her.

Lan Jing's allegiance is to the country of Dayong, not to that imperial daughter, she will only choose the most suitable next emperor.

However, she, Lan Qinshuang... is only loyal to her own ideals, and she will use her own eyes to find her own emperor!
"General!" Luzhu came in from the corner door, saw her, and ran over quickly.

"Why, found out so quickly?" Lan Qinshuang asked in surprise.

"It's really not easy for the general to fall in love with." Luzhu's eyes sparkled with excitement, "I caught up with him in a cold alley, but I saw the five tyrants of Xijing persisting in pestering him. I was about to attack him." , I saw the palms rising and falling, and knocked them all down in a few strokes! I didn't expect that without internal strength, fighting can be so clean and neat!"

"Are you sure he has no internal strength?" Lan Qinshuang said.

"Very sure." Lu Zhu nodded affirmatively.

"Strange..." Lan Qinshuang couldn't help asking, "What happened later? Did you find out which family's son it was?"

"I saw him enter the Sea Moon Villa." Lu Zhu said, "Then I asked the nearby merchants, and it turned out that he is the husband of the owner of the Sea Moon Villa."

"He's already married?" Lan Qinshuang exclaimed, feeling inexplicably sour in her heart.

"Yeah." Green Pearl nodded.

"What is the origin of Haiyue Villa?" Lan Qinshuang paused for a moment, and then said, "I remember that when I was guarding the border three years ago, there was no such family in Xijing."

"That's right, that house was bought three years ago. It seems that the general just left." Lu Zhu replied, "It's usually a man who takes care of things, and the servants call him Mr. Yue. But no one I have seen who the owner is."

"Oh?" Lan Qinshuang asked curiously, "Then how do the nearby merchants know that he is the owner's husband?"

"Just a few days ago, a masked man and woman came to Haiyue Mountain Villa, and the manager there called the woman the owner of the village." Lu Zhu continued, "Because the man's hair color is special, so the merchants will remember it." .”

"I see, you go down." Lan Qinshuang waved her hand and walked to the back hall alone.

Luzhu immediately collapsed, full of helplessness.

My lord general has never been close to masculinity, it is of course a good thing to see a man now, and the marshal will be very happy if he knows.But...but that man is already married...

"Haiyue Villa?" Lan Qinshuang didn't care about what messed things her subordinates were thinking, her mind was filled with this name.

And at the moment on the other side——

"Marshal Lan's Mansion?" Su Hailing frowned slightly as he closed the thick information about the Lan family on the table.

"Master, if the Lan parents and daughters come back from the border at this time, I'm afraid that King An will make a move." The answer was a middle-aged woman with a blank face, who was Haoyue's confidant here, or his senior sister, Yang white silk.

"Will Lan Jing stand on King An's side?" Su Hailing pondered.

"She has no choice." Yang Wan said without hesitation.

"How about Lan Qinshuang?" Su Hailing asked again after being silent for a while.

"This person's personality is quite different from his mother's rigorous and rigid." Yang Wan thought for a while, but a smile appeared on his cold face.

Su Hailing immediately understood what she meant, and began to think about how to meet the major general without any trace.

"One more thing..." Yang Wan hesitated for a moment before saying.

"What?" Su Hailing froze for a moment.

"The shadow guard came to report that Mr. Mu met some ruffians molesting him just now when he left the mansion, and it was Lan Qinshuang who made the rescue." After Yang Wan finished speaking, he immediately took a few steps back.

"What?" Su Hailing stood up abruptly, his face turned livid.

"The owner doesn't need to get angry." Yang Wan lowered his head, holding back a smile, "Even if Mr. Mu has no internal strength, how can a few hooligans be able to bully him."

"Where are those bastards?" Su Hailing asked.

"Although Mr. Mu is not ruthless, his subordinates guarantee that there will be no more five tyrants in Xijing from now on." Yang Wan said, with a strong killing intent in his tone.

"It's cheaper for them." Su Hailing snorted coldly, and sat down again.

"Do you want your subordinates to invite General Lan to come over?" Yang Wan said.

Su Hailing frowned, nodded and said, "Alright, you can go to the next post."

"Yes." Yang Wan agreed and wanted to leave.

"Wait!" Su Hailing blurted out, "Yang Wan, there is still no news about Haoyue?"

Yang Wan shook his head, with a look of worry on his face.

Su Hailing sighed, told her to back down, and sat quietly for a while before standing up.

Since returning to Haiyue Villa, things have happened one after another. Now that the empress is critically ill, Lan Qinshuang has returned home, and the attitude of the Lan family...

While thinking, she slowly left the study and walked towards the backyard.

Now, only by Mu Qingchen's side can her heart feel peaceful...

(End of this chapter)