… When Ruan Qingyan rushed back to the small courtyard in the village again, although it was still raining, the east was already white.
After working hard all day and night, even though he was in his prime, his face was already looking dull and his eyes were bloodshot. But his eyes were still bright and bright, and there seemed to be a fire burning deep in his pupils.
He walked into the main room while taking off his raincoat. Behind him, two guards dragged a man covered in blood and flesh. He didn't even have a raincoat. The rain mixed with blood, and the road from the threshold to the house was crimson.
"Leave Yilan to me safely, and I'll let the three of you leave the capital safely!" When he arrived at the door of the inner room, he took the handkerchief that Chun Ran handed over cautiously, wiped his face, and said expressionlessly.
Before, he was discussing his looks with Ruan Qingyan, but now he stood up, bowed to him, and said: "Young Master is a great kindness, and I will never forget it! But Brother Nie, he will accompany you to study hard." Over the years, it is difficult to get a title on the gold list... "
"You spoke a little late." Ruan Qingyan's tone was emotionless, "Let Qiunie raise his head!"
When the guards holding Qiu Nie heard this, one of them grabbed Qiu Nie's bun and forced him to reveal his face!
Qiubao and Swing let out an exclamation at the same time!
Qiu Nie's face was crisscrossed with several knife marks! From the deepest part, you can already see the cheekbones! Since I only sprinkled some medicine roughly along the way, the wound was already white from the rain, making it even more hideous!
"You want me to stab her so many times?!" How could she continue to be an official after her appearance was so bad? ! Qiu Bo gasped and fell down, but Zhu Qian gritted his teeth and pressed the dagger against Qiu Yilan's cheek, shouting angrily!
Ruan Qingyan stared at her for a moment, then suddenly reached out and pulled out the long knife from the guard's waist, pointed at Qiu Nie**, and said word by word: "I remember that you only have this brother, and you can count on all the blood of your branch. Will he inherit it?”
Swing's face changed and he said angrily: "Don't forget that we and you..."
"Should we change it?!" Ruan Qingyan shouted solemnly, "Think clearly, he won't die with this knife!"
Swing took a deep breath: "This guy won't die even if he gets a few cuts on his face!"
The two of them looked at each other with split-eyed eyes for a moment, Qiu Bo coughed: "Qian'er, don't be like this." He saluted Ruan Qingyan again, "Master, I, Nie Di, and Qian'er, I'm sorry for you this time. But,' Tianya belongs to the Xihe Palace, not just you, right?"
Before she finished speaking, Qiu Yilan, who looked exhausted, suddenly looked up! If Qiu Bo hadn't seen the opportunity and quickly pulled the swing's wrist, his skin would have been almost broken by the dagger!
But Qiu Yilan didn't care about this at all and looked at Ruan Qingyan in shock!
Ruan Qingyan's expression was complicated for a moment, then he suppressed his distracting thoughts and regained his indifference: "If you want to withdraw, you can tell me why you plotted against Yilan?! Zhuqian, what did you just want to say? Don't forget that you and I are both of the Qiu family's bloodline ? Then you thought of this when you held your cousin hostage!"
Qiu Yilan now only feels like nine thunders are hitting her head! She turned her head to look at the swing nearby, and the sweet and lovely girl also turned her head and smiled at her: "Let me introduce you again... Silly sister, my name is Zhuoqian. I am Qiu from the lineage of Wang Qiu in Xihe. My biological father, you should call me second uncle." That one, but he’s already gone!”
Seeing Qiu Yilan turning to look at Qiubo again, Zhu Qian curled her lips and said, "She is not one of our Qiu family members!"
"My subordinate, Mei Xue, is originally the young master. I was ordered by the young master to be in charge of Tianya. In order to deceive others, I changed my name to Qiu Bo. As brother Nie's sister, I went to the capital with the young master one after another!" Qiu Bo, no, I should say Mei Xue. He bowed to her and said respectfully, "The young master refused before, so he never revealed his identity to the princess!"
"Cousin... No, brother, you killed me!" After hearing this, Qiu Yilan could just die if she didn't know who Ruan Qingyan was anymore. She wailed in her heart, "You said that since you are my biological brother, why don't you? You're so good to me, why are you hiding it from me? You've already told me the details about Qiubo and Swing, so maybe I won't be tricked at all! What should I do now?"
I heard Swing Qian say angrily: "Fortunately, he felt guilty and didn't tell this silly sister of mine! Otherwise, how could our brothers and sisters, and you, Sister Mei, be alive?!"
She glanced sideways at the expressionless Ruan Qingyan, who was the former Xihe Crown Prince Qiu Jinglan who faked his death and took refuge thirteen years ago, and said cheerfully, "I'll tell you if I want to get away... You said it nicely! We, brothers and sisters, have been together since we were children." Growing up in Tianya, I know the details of Tianya very well. Not to mention the current Zuo Protector Sister Mei, she was the one who was trained and trained by the former Zuo Protector to take over. Over the years, you have been studying martial arts and studying literature, and you have been busy with the imperial examination in order to return to the court! , 'Tianya' is all left to her to take care of - if the three of us want to leave, can you rest assured that you won't kill us to silence us?"
He added, "That Qiu Feng is just a close friend of the former Protector Zuo. He entered the 'Tianya' for the sake of the former Protector Zuo. Just because of his superb martial arts skills and his great reputation in the world, after the former Protector Zuo died of illness, you actually Concealing the news, pretending that the former Protector Zuo was harmed, and tricking him into giving his life to you, you still refuse to tell him the truth about the death of the former Protector Zuo! Do you dare to say that we can survive as long as we show some intention of leaving?"
Qiu Jinglan looked at her coldly: "Did the former Zuo Guardian die of illness, or was it Qiu Nie, the Right Guardian, who did this to let Mei Xue take over all the power... You really don't know?!"
Swing was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "Oh? You know? But you haven't told Qiu Feng yet! In the final analysis, it's because you didn't notice Mei Xue's betrayal. The three of us are still valuable to you, no matter how much Qiu Feng has done for you , you still refused to tell him who killed his close friend! Think about it, the former Protector Zuo was really unjust. He was loyal to you when he was alive, but when he died, not only did you not avenge him, but even his friend wanted to seek revenge from him. It's fair, but you took advantage of it! You even lifted up the person who killed him... That is to say, the Xihe Palace has always placed many layers of restrictions on 'Tianya'. Even if you don't have time to interfere, it would be difficult for us to escape from your control! Are you worthy of being in charge of ‘Tianya’?”
"I had no intention of taking charge of the 'Tianya'." Qiu Jinglan said happily, "The predecessor of this organization was in front of Darui Dingding. The ancestors of the Qiu family used it to spy on the news when they followed the ancestors of the Chu family to conquer the world. Later, they were worried that the birds would disappear and the bows would be hidden. , just stay in secret as a retreat... But look at the descendants of the Qiu family, which Xihe King has invested a lot of effort in it? It exists to assist the Xihe King, but the Xihe King does not exist to manage it!"
Shuqian said: "No wonder you handed it over to Sister Mei so easily... No, you actually talked about the origin of 'Tianya' - are you stalling for time?!" She suddenly became alert, grabbed Qiu Yilan's throat, and fiercely Drink, "Stop playing tricks! Will you let us go free?!"
Qiu Jinglan said coldly: "Give Yilan back to me, you can leave at any time!"
Swing sneered: "This is your only biological sister, she is worth three of our lives?! Since you don't care about 'Tianya', then 'Tianya' should also be given to us - is it not too much to ask for the safety of the apple of your eye?"
"No!" Mei Xue suddenly said, "We can't have 'Tianya'!"
Swing was stunned: "Why?"
"Look at your brother's appearance!" Mei Xue looked at the dying Qiu Nie distressedly, "Don't you understand? Even though the young master has not been involved in the management of 'Tianya', he just doesn't bother to put too much thought into it, it's not that he doesn't know how to do it! This time the young master saw a flaw, and the purge order must have spread all over the place - do you still dare to ask for such a 'Tianya'! Are you afraid that you will not die quickly enough?"
Swing bit his lip and said, "Then we want silver! 'Tianya' still has tens of millions of taels of silver in its account, and we want at least half of it!"
"No!" Before Qiu Jinglan could answer, Mei Xue stopped her again. She said in a deep voice, "Qian'er, you really want money rather than life - without the cover of 'Tianya', now that Brother Nie's appearance is damaged, he can no longer be an official. Let's Even if you defect to Queen Mother Gu, can you keep such a huge sum of money?"
Swing said angrily: "Stupid! Can't you donate it to the Queen Mother?!"
"That will indeed win the favor of the Queen Mother." Mei Xue said calmly, "But have you ever thought about it? We are not the only ones who please the Queen Mother! What will other people who can't spend five million taels of silver think and do?!"
Swing froze.
Qiu Jinglan exclaimed: "Idiot! Do you know why Mei Xue is in charge of 'Tianya' on my behalf, but you are not even allowed to help her? In terms of thoughtfulness, you little thing is far behind!"
"Sister Mei, tell me, what do we want?!" Resentment flashed in Shuqian's eyes, and he said coldly!
Mei Xue took a deep breath: "We only need one hundred thousand taels of silver. Brother Nie and Qian'er are your second uncle's flesh and blood. Your second uncle cannot be raised in the palace due to illness, so this is not much."
"What else?" Qiu Jinglan asked noncommittally.
"You have to swear on Princess Ningyi's safety that you will not harm us in any way! Give us complete freedom!" After saying this, Mei Xue's body shook slightly. It was obvious that she was extremely nervous!
Shuiqian dared to scold Qiu Jinglan because she was Qiu Jinglan's cousin; but her understanding of Qiu Jinglan was far less profound than that of Mei Xue! It is said that the ignorant are fearless... Mei Xue is well aware of Qiu Jinglan's methods and ruthlessness. Although she has been planning for today for many years, she can't help but panic when things happen!
After a long time, Qiu Jinglan smiled coldly: "Then you can freely retaliate against me?"
"We will also swear not to be enemies with you!" Mei Xue said hurriedly.
Qiu Jinglan said solemnly: "You also swore to be loyal to me forever!"
"...Then you swear on the safety of Princess Ningyi to let us enter Guangyang Prince's Mansion safely!" Mei Xue sighed inwardly. The result she hoped for most was that Qiu Jinglan would be confused if she cared and was willing to agree to the previous oath. But although Qiu Jinglan did take Qiu Yilan very seriously, he was much calmer than she imagined, so she could only settle for the next best thing.
This time Qiu Jinglan immediately replied: "Yes!"
Mei Xue became more vigilant after hearing this: "Then please swear!"
"I..." Qiu Jinglan just said one word. Two black lights suddenly shot out from the brick wall behind Mei Xue and the swing!
"Be careful—" Qiu Nie, who had only one breath left, tried his best to warn her—but before he could finish his words, Mei Xue and Swing Qian were both hit and fell to the ground!
Swing Qian was also mentally tough, with the tip of the arrow showing through his chest, but he still tried hard to grab the dagger and continue to hold Qiu Yilan hostage. However, she just stretched her hand forward, and her slender fingers were already stepped on by Qiu Jinglan!
"Hold them down, don't let them die!" Qiu Jinglan exerted a little force, and the crisp sound of bone cracking immediately came from the soles of her boots - the swing screamed, and she fainted from the pain!