Ruan Xingzhu's first reaction was disbelief, and after confirming with the spies again and again, he found out that this incident was actually true, and it happened two or three days ago, using the strongholds laid by the Ruan family along the way to send letters.
"Xia Zhen?" Song Qingshu frowned. He had stayed in Lin'an for a while at the beginning, and the name sounded a little strange, but at that time, the people who had dealings with him were either princes and grandsons or chancellors. Even if they had seen such officials, they might not have seen them before. What impression do you have.
"How could a mere Xia Zhen have the guts? Jia Sidao must have instructed him behind his back." Ruan Xingzhu said bitterly, his knuckles turned white.
Song Qingshu still shook his head: "As far as I know, it is impossible for Jin Guoyihe to ask for Han Yuzhou's head, and they don't want to start a full-scale war with the Southern Song Dynasty, so how can they ask for the heads of the heads of the Southern Song Dynasty officials? Isn't this forcing the peace talks to fail? .”
Back then in Jiangling Mansion, Ruan Xingzhu witnessed the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin wipe out all the masters on the Island of Knights. Although Song Qingshu never mentioned anything, she was smart and careful, and guessed that the other party should have a certain connection and influence with the Kingdom of Jin. No matter how imaginative she was, she would never have guessed that Jin Guo was in charge of him now, so after hearing what he said, she believed that Jin Guo did not mean to take Han Tuozhou's head.
"It must be that Jia Sidao colluded with the envoys to tell this big lie!" Ruan Xingzhu's lips were about to bleed. The Han faction and the Jia faction have been fighting endlessly for these years, and she is not willing to end up like this now, "Man Chao Wenwu didn't know the situation in the Kingdom of Jin, so he was confused by him, seeing that the situation was done, for the sake of the overall situation, he could only acquiesce in his actions!"
"However, there are not many expert guards around Han Yuzhou, so why was he killed so easily?" Song Qingshu wondered, Han Yuzhou was rescued by Linghu Chong when he was in danger on the way to Yangzhou, and since then he has strengthened the guards around him. There are a few masters at the half-step master level, let alone Xia Zhen, even the masters of Jia Sidao's Knight Island may not be able to succeed.
In fact, it can be understood from another angle. If Jia Sidao really had the ability to easily wipe out Han Tuozhou's body, he would not have been fighting with him for so many years and still faintly lose the wind.
What's more, he was still working inside the palace, even if Han Tuozhou's guards would be less than usual, but there was still that unfathomable Huang Chang in the palace, how could Jia Sidao be allowed to do anything wrong
Ruan Xingzhu suddenly exclaimed: "I remembered, Zuo Lengchan and Shi Potian left Chengdu suddenly a few days ago. At that time, we wondered why we transferred them away when the situation in Sichuan was so unstable. The more important thing to do is to assassinate Prime Minister Han!"
Song Qingshu was taken aback, and felt more and more that her guess was somewhat reasonable. Although Shi Potian's current martial arts might not be able to defeat Huang Shang, it would be no problem to stop him, and then let other masters surround and kill Han Tuozhou, who was weak at the time. , is indeed very likely to succeed.
Ruan Xingzhu gritted his teeth, stood up suddenly, then knelt down on the ground and bowed to the other party: "My lord, do you still remember our original agreement?"
Song Qingshu was startled: "What agreement?"
Ruan Xingzhu replied: "Back then in Jiangling, you said that Prime Minister Han's fall is inevitable. If he falls, I will bring the Ruan family to join you."
Song Qingshu actually thought of this too, but the other party just heard such bad news, so it's inconvenient to mention it in front of her.
Before he had time to answer, Ruan Xingzhu continued: "The concubine brought the Ruan family and the Yang family to worship the prince as the master. Everything is at the mercy of the prince. The only request is that the prince can kill Jia Sidao in the future to avenge Prime Minister Han." .”
As she spoke, she shed tears: "The Han family has been kind to our Ruan family for generations, now that Prime Minister Han has come to such a fate, how can I remain indifferent."
Song Qingshu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I promise you!" He didn't do it on impulse, but after careful consideration. Once getting her allegiance, it is equivalent to getting the world's number one imperial merchant + half of Sichuan. Second, the interests of myself and Jia Sidao cannot be reconciled, and there is destined to be a life-and-death struggle in the future.
"Thank you, my lord!" Ruan Xingzhu was originally worried that the other party would think that Jia Sidao was powerful and would not agree so easily, but now he couldn't help being overjoyed.
Song Qingshu grabbed her weak arm and helped her up: "But I'll stop my ugly words. I will avenge you when the time is right in the future, but I will never start a war with Jia Sidao just because of you now."
Ruan Xingzhu replied softly: "This concubine naturally understands that I am not the kind of woman who messes around and will not harm the interests of the prince for the sake of the old master."
Song Qingshu couldn't help sighing that a mature woman is really understanding, she doesn't need to say anything to her and she will understand naturally.
At this moment, Pei'er's report came from outside the door: "Master, madam, Shen Xiaolong asks to see you."
"Shen Xiaolong?" Song Qingshu raised his eyebrows, "Please hurry up, no, we should go out to meet him." In ancient times, Cao Cao greeted Xu You without wearing shoes. Although he didn't have to do it so deliberately, he should pay attention to it. The attitude is still there.
The Jinghu is now docked on the shore. Shen Xiaolong stood alone on the pier this time, and was quickly invited up. Song Qingshu was a little puzzled and said: "General Shen is now in danger of Sichuan, why go out alone? Murong Fu now I don't know where you are, maybe I will ambush you somewhere." When Murong Fu's actions were exposed, he couldn't help being the Deputy Xuan Fu envoy of Sichuan, and even Jiangnan Yanziwu didn't dare to return, and now no one knows his whereabouts.
Shen Xiaolong sighed: "It's nothing to go out alone, I should be alone in the future."
"What do you mean?" Song Qingshu didn't know, so, you must know that he is now the number one official in Sichuan, and he doesn't talk about shouting and hugging when he goes out. No matter what, he must have a bunch of guards, and the Lin'an court didn't reveal that he would replace him. ah.
"I decided to abandon my official position and go to find my family." Shen Xiaolong sighed, showing deep exhaustion.
"General Shen has a bright future now, and the future is limitless, why did he abandon his position at this time?" Ruan Xingzhu couldn't help asking.
Shen Xiaolong smiled bitterly: "The two of you should know what happened in Jiangnan, right?"
Song Qingshu and Ruan Xingzhu looked at each other. They didn't expect the other party to get the news so soon, but with his current status, he presumably had his own source of information.
"As far as I know, General Shen should not be from Han Tuozhou's lineage, why..." Song Qingshu asked puzzled.
"I'm neither from the Han school nor from the Jia school. I'm only loyal to this country," he said calmly, his tone subconsciously raised, "But what is the state of the imperial court now? The chancellors are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of power." The interests of the country have caused countless soldiers and civilians to die in vain, and the court actually acquiesced in Jia Sidao's behavior in order to seek peace with the Kingdom of Jin, and gave the head of a hundred officials to the enemy country. I gave up. So I decided to abandon my official position and go to save my poor cousin."
"Who is General Shen's cousin?" Ruan Xingzhu asked curiously.
Shen Xiaolong let out a long sigh: "You should have heard of her name, she is also pitiful, she used to be a lofty princess, but now she doesn't know her life or death, and is deliberately forgotten by the world..."
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