Qi Ning was really taken aback now and changed his expression: "Marriage? Your lord, this...is this not a joke?"
The King of Huainan smiled and said: "Master Marquis, please don't be excited. There should be no problems with this marriage, but the Emperor has not announced the edict yet." Fu Xu smiled and said: "Originally, I shouldn't talk too much about this matter. I will wait until the Marquis returns to the capital to hear it from the Emperor himself. , it’s a surprise. But I really can’t hide such a happy event from my heart, hahaha...!”
"Your Majesty, the Emperor granted me a marriage, how come I didn't hear any news beforehand?" Qi Ning thought that King Huainan was still joking. He thought to himself that he had only been on the mission for more than half a month, so how could the Emperor prepare to grant him a marriage? Why didn't the emperor get some wind
The King of Huainan smiled and said: "If the news had been known in advance, it wouldn't be a surprise. I thought that the emperor's proposal to Dong Qi was successful, and he was happy in his heart. The emperor valued the marquis very much. I am afraid that the emperor saw that he was getting married, so he thought Since the young Marquis has not yet started a family, he decided to grant the marriage."
Qi Ning secretly thought about when it would be someone else's turn to decide on her marriage. She felt a little unhappy, but she was still very curious and asked: "My lord, you just said that I am a perfect match. I don't know... I don't know which girl the emperor is planning to give me as my wife." marriage?"
King Huainan waved his hand and said: "I have already spilled the beans, but I can't say any more. Your Majesty originally wanted to give the Marquis a surprise. When he returned to the capital, the Marquis would naturally know about it when the decree came down."
Qi Ning thought "surprised" but was really shocked, but the "joy" was not necessarily true. He cursed secretly that the King of Huainan was really not a thing. He said half of the sentence but kept the second half, but it was hard to ask again. He said: "Your Majesty, I have something to discuss with you."
King Huainan immediately smiled and said: "What do you want, just say it."
Qi Ning said: "I suddenly remembered something important. The emperor had ordered it before, but I almost forgot about it. Now I can't delay it, so I will set off back to Beijing tomorrow, but I can't go back with the team. I can only finish my errands first." Return to the capital and take up his post to the emperor."
"An errand?" Wang Qi of Huainan asked: "What kind of errand is it? Could it be more important than escorting the princess?"
Qi Ning smiled and said: "Of course not. It's just that the princess has arrived safely in our country of Chu, and the prince will be here next, so there won't be any problems."
The King of Huainan nodded slightly and said: "Since it is an errand ordered by the emperor, it is natural to go and do it. Don't worry, just leave the rest of the matter to me."
That day, the young emperor secretly met Jiuxi Poison King Swing Yi on the Qinhuai River. Qining knew that the emperor attached great importance to the matter in Xichuan, and that the emperor had sent people to keep an eye on Lu Shanghe. Qining believed that the emperor must also know about the past relationship between Lu Shanghe and Bai Hu. Although the little emperor is shrewd, he is still a human being and not a god. He may not know that Bai Hu wants to usurp the position of the leader of the Beggar Clan and has other plans.
If the emperor really understood Bai Hu's conspiracy and endangered the state of Chu, he would certainly not be able to tolerate Bai Hu's continued survival.
The little emperor is in the capital, and the information he knows can only be obtained from other people's mouths.
So far, the incident in Xichuan is confusing. It is still unclear who the backer behind Bai Hu is. The Shenhou Mansion is also very ambivalent about the incident in Xichuan. A huge mystery shrouds Lu Shanghe and Bai Hu.
Qi Ning knew that even if the young emperor was wary of the Beggar Gang, there was no conclusive evidence to prove that Bai Hu had an agenda, and the court did not dare to act rashly. After all, this matter involved Jianghu forces, and the Beggar Gang was the largest gang in the world. If the court was just talking empty words Intervening in the affairs of the Beggar Clan without any basis will definitely arouse the resentment of the Beggar Clan. A group of people who could not be used by the White Tiger are likely to be used by the White Tiger because of the imperial court's involvement.
Now that he has the opportunity to change his disguise and intervene in the Aoki Conference, if the little emperor knows about it, he will certainly want it. After the Aoki Conference is over, he can return to the capital to report to the emperor, and there will naturally be no trouble.
When King Huainan left, it was already dead of night. Qining thought that Zhong Ya might not be able to arrive in time because of Master Lou Wen's injury, so he could only wait a little longer.
He was really tired these days. He was about to put on his clothes and rest when he heard a voice coming from outside: "Master Marquis!" It was Li Tang's voice.
Qi Ning was worried that Zhong Ya would not be able to enter the military camp when he came to meet him, so he arranged for Li Tang to wait outside the camp. After all, Li Tang accompanied him to see Master Lou Wen that night, but he also recognized Zhong Ya and heard Li Tang's voice. Qi Ning perked up and said, "Come in quickly."
Li Tang came into the tent, and Qin Ning didn't wait for him to speak, but already asked: "Has Zhong Ya arrived?"
Li Tang shook his head and said: "Master Hou, has something changed over there? Zhong Ya won't come over? He promised to come and meet up in three days. It's already been three days, and there's no sign of them at all."
Qi Ning frowned, pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "No, this matter is of great importance and is not a child's play. Even if something big happens, he will definitely keep his appointment on time."
"Master Hou, why do we need to interfere with the Beggar Clan's affairs?" Li Tang sighed: "The time is tight to get to Xiangyang from here, and it must be very hard to travel day and night. Master Hou has been hard enough these days, so why bother... Hey, again Why bother with their affairs.”
Qi Ning frowned, then smiled lightly and said, "What you said makes sense. We really shouldn't get too involved in the Beggar Clan's affairs." As he spoke, he had already walked to Li Tang's side and suddenly reached out with his hand. He went straight to Li Tang to grab him. He struck very quickly. Li Tang's expression suddenly changed, but his reaction was not slow. He backed away quickly and said in a voiceless voice: "Master Hou, you...!"
"You are not Li Tang." Qi Ning sneered: "That night when I was talking to Master Lou Wen, you were not in the room. How did you know that I was going to Xiangyang? Who are you?"
Li Tang was startled, then he laughed, took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Master Hou is indeed very intelligent, he can tell the flaw in just one sentence." Qining was startled, then he immediately realized, looked up and down, and said in surprise : "You... are you Zhong Ya?"
The man nodded and smiled: "It's Zhong Ya. Mr. Hou, I arrived an hour ago and met Li Tang. I made a bet with him and disguised myself as him. I bet that Mr. Hou can't recognize him, but I didn't want to be recognized anyway." Mr. Hou saw through it, I lost this time." Xiang smiled outside the tent and said: "Brother Li, you won this time."
But he saw another person coming in from outside the tent, it was Li Tang, but his clothes had changed. He stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Master Hou, Zhong Ya wants to make a bet. I want to see if he is really capable of hiding it from Master Hou, so …!”
When Qi Ning saw Zhong Ya arriving, he felt relaxed and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter." He turned to look at Zhong Ya and looked at it, and said: "Mr. Zhong's disguise technique is really unpredictable. Not only the appearance, but also the voice is almost exactly the same. , If you hadn’t missed something, I would never have been able to identify him." He suddenly realized something, frowned, and looked at Li Tang who had just come in, and suddenly found that although the appearance and body shape of the two people were roughly the same, Similar, but the size seems a little different.
Zhong Ya, who came in earlier, was obviously a bit taller than Li Tang, who came in later. He took a closer look and sighed. Li Tang, who came in behind, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Zhong, your disguise skill is amazing." I'm impressed by his skills."
The man who came in later also sighed and said: "After all, I still didn't hide it from the Marquis. Did the Marquis tell it from his height?"
Qi Ning smiled and said: "Actually, the height difference between Mr. Zhong and Li Tang is not much, but in my memory, Li Tang seems to be a little taller, so...!"
The man smiled and said, "It is admirable that Mr. Hou has such quick observation." But his voice had already returned to Zhong Ya's voice.
But it turned out that the person who came in earlier was Li Tang after all. Apparently after discussing with Zhong Ya, he deliberately revealed flaws in his words to make Qining suspicious.
Qi Ning was amazed when he saw that the appearance of the two people was almost carved from the same mold. He thought to himself that Master Lou had said about Beiliang Nanzhong, and it seemed that he really lived up to his name. Zhong Ya's disguise skills were really amazing.
The key is that Zhong Ya arrived only an hour ago. In just one hour, he was able to change his appearance. This ability is even more admirable.
Qining raised his hand and said, "Mr. Zhong, please sit down first." He said to Li Tang, "Go and get some food. Mr. Zhong must have been traveling non-stop to get here. I'm afraid he hasn't eaten yet."
Zhong Ya smiled and said: "Elder Lou has an order not to delay the Marquis' affairs, so I don't dare to delay."
Li Tang also praised: "Master Hou, Mr. Zhong's ability is really amazing. I have never seen such ability before."
"How many real masters can you see?" Qi Ning laughed and waved his hand. After Li Tang retreated, Zhong Ya said: "Actually, the art of disguise is not that magical. The art of disguise is not that magical. What you fear most are acquaintances, especially those who know you very well after spending time together. Even if you change your appearance, the other party will always find some flaws after a long time. Disguise can change the appearance, but it is difficult to change the body shape. Just now, Hou Caihou Didn't I see the flaw just by looking at my height?"
Qi Ning smiled and said: "It's just a fluke. If Mr. Zhong is the same height as Li Tang, then I can't tell anyway."
Zhong Ya smiled and said: "Actually, I am also good at Skin and Bone Kung Fu. This is a unique skill of our Zhong family. It is the best skill like the disguise technique. It can slightly change the body shape. However, Skin and Bone Kung Fu is originally Just to cooperate with the disguise technique."
"So that's it." Qining thought to himself that if these two Kung Fus work together, they can really confuse the fake with the real one. After all, Zhong Ya tonight is just a small test. The purpose of his doing this is obviously to reassure himself that he doesn't have to worry about disguise. Something went wrong.
"But you don't have to worry, Lord Marquis." Zhong Ya said, "The disguise I'm giving you this time is to turn you into a person who doesn't exist at all, so you don't have to worry about being seen through by acquaintances."
Qi Ning nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Zhong, you could change your voice just now. What kind of skill is this?"
"It's just the most common ventriloquism." Zhong Ya said: "After practicing for a few years, it will be almost the same."
Qi Ning praised: "Actually, if Mr. Zhong disguises himself as Brother Lou, no one will recognize him." He means that if Zhong Ya disguises himself as Master Lou and goes to attend the Qingmu Conference, he may be able to fool him. Pass.
Zhong Ya naturally understood, shook his head and said: "What you don't know, Lord Marquis, is that Beiliang Nanzhong, dating back hundreds of years, has the same origin and comes from the same ancestor. There were many sects of disguise in the beginning, but only a few have survived. Some are There are too many loopholes, and some of them have no successors. To this day, these two families are the only ones with authentic disguise techniques." After a pause, he said: "But both families have always followed an iron law. For hundreds of years, no one has dared to violate it.”
Qi Ning said "Oh" and asked curiously: "Mr. Zhong, I wonder what the iron rule is?"