"Are they crazy? They actually want to take action here." The imperial envoy said through gritted teeth. The other party really didn't take him seriously.
"Maybe they were too sober to act like this," Su Ningxin said.
The imperial envoy looked at Su Ningxin in confusion, "What does the Crown Princess mean by this?"
"If those people killed the Wulin leader and his family because they were looking for the ornament from southern Xinjiang, then there can be a reasonable explanation for Jingsha Pavilion's actions now, that is, this ornament is very important to them, and, they I haven't gotten it yet." Su Ningxin explained.
Su Ningxin held her chin and said, "But there's one thing I don't understand. If they didn't find that ornament in the alliance leader's mansion, then why did they set fire to the entire mansion? Aren't they afraid of burning down what they wanted?"
"The returning concubine, according to people in the world who have seen the ornament, the strange thing about that ornament is that it is impervious to water and fire, and there is no visible material it is made of," the imperial envoy said hurriedly.
"That's understandable. They didn't find any ornaments in the Alliance Leader's Mansion, so they simply set fire to the entire mansion in order to burn out the ornaments."
Su Ningxin seemed to remember something again and said to Chu Jihan, "No wonder they sent so many people to search for our whereabouts. It is probably because you two have been to the ruins of the Alliance Leader's Mansion and they didn't find the ornament, so they thought It was picked up by you and taken away, so you are chasing after me."
Chu Jihan nodded in agreement, "I guess that should be the case, but this Jingsha Pavilion appeared ten years ago. Could it be that they have been looking for an ornament for ten years?"
"Perhaps Jingsha Pavilion was installed in Daqi by Southern Xinjiang a long time ago, but the latest task is to find this ornament."
Several people in the room made a rough guess about what happened in a few words. Of course, it was just a guess. They did not confirm that the facts must be the case. As for the truth, they could only know the truth after they caught the people from Jingsha Pavilion and interrogated them.
Soon another secret guard came back and told them that the people from Jingsha Pavilion seemed to be thinking about a martial arts gym in Yangzhou. Now they were all lurking around the martial arts gym, and seemed to want to wait until night to take action.
Chu Jihan looked at the sky outside. At this time, the sun had completely set, and it was not long before nightfall.
After pondering for a while, Chu Jihan turned around and looked at Su Ningxin, "How long will it take before Mu Zhiyun can come back from borrowing troops?"
"If I count the days, it will probably be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"We can't wait any longer. We can't just watch Jingsha Pavilion take action against the martial arts hall. If we stop them, we will definitely have to fight with them. If Mu Zhiyun can't arrive in time, we can only rely on Yangzhou's soldiers. Chu Jihan said with a frown.
But this incident happened suddenly, and it's no wonder that they failed to prepare in advance. Who would have thought that Jingshao Pavilion would not find a place to hide, but would come out and jump around, which directly disrupted their rhythm.
The imperial envoy said, "It's the same even if you rely on the government soldiers. I came here on the emperor's order and have the power to dispatch the entire Yangzhou officials and government soldiers. Do they still dare to resist the order and disrespect it?"
Su Ningxin said helplessly, "I'm afraid they don't think as clearly as you, sir. Those aristocratic families are so used to being domineering in one place that they can't see how big the outside world is. They really think that they are local emperors. They make nonsense when their minds are hot. It is not impossible to rebel under the banner."
The imperial envoy thought about it for a moment and understood the twists and turns. After all, it is impossible for these Jinshi who can write eight-legged essays to be beautiful, and they can't even figure this out.
"Then what should we do?" The imperial envoy looked at Chu Jihan and asked.
It wasn't that he was discriminating against Su Ningxin, but because he subconsciously felt that Su Ningxin's identity was just the imperial concubine, and that all her status and honors were obtained through Chu Jihan, and Chu Jihan was also the Emperor's Dragon Guard, so he When he wanted to find someone to make an idea, he would subconsciously ask Chu Jihan.
Su Ningxin didn't care about this either. After all, it wasn't the first time this happened. She was always like this when she was the concubine in Chu Luojue's mansion.
If Su Ningxin had to write down the other party in her little notebook every time she encountered something like this, then her little notebook would probably become a roster of civil and military officials throughout the dynasty.
"Now we can only try to delay as much time as possible, until Mu Zhiyun comes with his troops, and until the heads of the aristocratic families are clearer." Chu Jihan replied.
Then she looked at Su Ningxin and said gently, "Use the carrier pigeon to urge Mu Zhiyun so that she can leave as soon as possible."
"Okay." Su Ningxin nodded in agreement. The current situation was not optimistic, and Su Ningxin took it seriously and stopped joking.
It didn't take long for Xiyan's secret guards to be assembled, but the guards were not mobilized. After all, there were many officers and soldiers who came from aristocratic families, so it would be easy for the news to leak.
And their current goal is not to wipe out the people in Jingsha Pavilion, but to cause trouble for them, to prevent them from killing the people in the martial arts hall, and to prevent them from getting that weird ornament.
Based on how much they attach importance to that ornament, if Su Ningxin and Chu Jihan can take advantage of the chaos to grab it, the people in Jingsha Pavilion may throw a rat weapon instead of escaping Yangzhou and hiding it somewhere else.
As a civilian imperial envoy, he would definitely not go to this operation. He would sit in the rear and order the officers and soldiers to seal off the city if he found that Jingshao Pavilion had a tendency to withdraw from Yangzhou.
After explaining to the imperial envoy, Su Ningxin and Chu Jihan set off with a group of secret guards. They also moved forward invisibly. Finally, they stopped outside the Jingsha Pavilion killer. In order to avoid being discovered by the alert killer, they were far away. far away.
In this scene of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind it, Su Ningxin could only pray that there would be nothing else after the oriole.
For a while, both sides were quiet. There was only a slight sound of breathing on both the killer's side and the secret guard's side. If they hadn't seen so many people hiding here, almost no one would have thought that there was someone here.
There were still twos and threes of unaware passers-by walking on the street in front of them, and the martial arts hall was also very noisy, with shouts of congratulations coming from time to time.
Su Ningxin lowered her head in boredom and fiddled with the tassels on Chu Jihan's waist. She thought she would have to wait until late at night before the people from Jingsha Pavilion would take action, but not long after, she heard Chu Jihan whisper, "They are making a move." ."
Su Ningxin looked up in surprise and saw those people tense, as if they were really going to take action.
He looked doubtfully at the street where there were still pedestrians and the martial arts gym opposite where the warriors had not yet left. Why would they take action at this time
However, after thinking about it, Su Ningxin understood that the other party was going to burn everything. They had already confirmed that the ornament was in the martial arts hall. In order to prevent the ornament from being taken away, they had to block all the people who could leave in the martial arts hall. .
(End of chapter)