Chapter 92 Look, that huge pillar of light (Thanks to 'Yu Luo Jiang Nan Bei Di Piao Xue' for becoming the leader of this book)
"Thank you very much."
Outside a mansion in the west of the city, Mu Shufu was lying in state.
Outside the gate, the noblewoman who escorted her out said with a smile, "The Yunnan Mu family is very powerful, and the third lady's status is even more noble. Don't stay at home if you have nothing to do. Go out and take a walk. The capital is a lively place."
"Farewell."
Mu Shu got on the carriage.
Xiang Jin came up immediately and the two sat down opposite each other.
"The Li family is just trying to evade the issue." Xiang Jin sneered, "Back then, the ancestors of the Li family were servile in front of the ancestors of our Mu family, but many years later, they became complacent."
"What she said is correct. Although the Mu family is the local tyrant in Yunnan, Yunnan is considered a semi-barbaric land in the eyes of the people in the capital. Who would respect the Mu family?"
Mu Shu rubbed his eyes and said tiredly: "She asked me to go out more often when I have nothing to do, but she declined and asked me to find someone else to help me."
Xiang Jin sighed, "The ladies in the capital always have to speak in a roundabout way, waiting for hints. If the ladies in Yunnan came, I'm afraid they would be lost. It's just..."
Xiang Jin said distressedly: "Thank you for your hard work, Third Lady."
"I just don't want to see the foundation that my ancestors worked so hard to build being destroyed by that beast." Mu Shu's eyes were slightly cold.
The beast she was talking about was her cousin Mu Chaobi, who was currently managing Yunnan on behalf of the young Duke Mu Rong of Qian.
"Third Madam..." Xiang Jin lowered his voice, "When the previous Duke of Qian passed away, the current Duke of Qian was only four years old. At that time, rumors were spread that how could a four-year-old baby lead Yunnan? Would he be allowed to meet officials while being breastfed?"
"This is Mu Chaobi's method." Mu Shu sneered, "He is ambitious and has always wanted to inherit the title by bypassing Mu Rong, but the capital city follows the rules, which disappoints him."
"He has some connections in the capital." Xiang Jin said, "We have to be careful too."
"So what if he has connections? They are not legitimate and can never be seen by others." Mu Shu sat upright, with a stern look on his white jade face.
"Mu Chaobi sent a lot of gold and silver last time..."
"He wants me to go back, or settle down in the capital, and never mention the Yunnan matter." Mu Shu said, "He has nothing to hide, so what is he afraid of?"
Yilulu!
The horse pulling the carriage outside suddenly neighed loudly, and at the same time, the carriage shook violently.
"Oh no!" the driver shouted in panic.
The carriage suddenly stopped and tilted forward. The two people in the carriage slid forward involuntarily.
"Third Madam!" Xiang Jin opened his arms and hugged Mu Shu, his back hitting the carriage with a dull sound.
"Third lady, be careful!"
Someone outside the car exclaimed.
Then came the sound of weapons fighting.
puff!
A long knife was inserted from outside the car, and the curtain was torn to pieces with one flick.
"Protect the Third Lady!"
The two accompanying guards rushed forward desperately, but the man turned around and forced them back with several consecutive slashes of the sword.
Then, he turned around and grinned at the carriage, "Don't blame me!"
Mu Shu was protected by Xiang Jin, and his bright eyes looked at the assassin calmly.
"Mu Chaobi!" Mu Shu took a deep breath. Even if she died, she would not bow to that beast.
The long knife reflected the sunlight and stung Mu Shu's eyes.
She closed her eyes.
Waiting for death to come.
"clang!"
The sound of weapons blocking each other was heard.
Then, someone sighed, "It's almost dinner time, and you're still playing this, is it fun? Stone! Kill him!"
Outside, a long sword broke through the air.
The voice is sharp.
Then the weapon blocks.
Screams of agony followed one after another.
"Master, he's dead."
A young man said with some regret: "Not good at killing! Master, when can we go outside the Great Wall to kill people?"
"There are always endless enemies in this world to kill."
The sound was getting closer.
Mu Shu, who had escaped death, opened his eyes and felt that the voice sounded familiar.
She saw another person outside the car.
A pale face, dark and deep eyes, looking at himself with a smile.
"Miss Mu, long time no see."
From the assassination to the rescue, it was so short that it made one feel like they were dreaming.
Under Jiang Qingzhi's gaze, Mu Shu said softly, "Thank you for saving me, uncle."
It was not convenient to bow in the car, so she imitated the man and bowed.
A young girl imitated a man's bowing, which was quite interesting.
Jiang Qingzhi laughed and said, "I was just walking down the street, it was a coincidence."
He glanced at Xiang Jin and Mu Shu, and seeing that they were not injured, he turned around and said, "Shi Tou, let's go back!"
Xiang Jin finally let out a long sigh and relaxed, feeling an unbearable pain in her back. She forced herself to say, "Third Lady, chance..."
Use this opportunity to get closer to Jiang Qingzhi!
Mu Shu shook his head. "Although I want to bring that beast down, if I use such despicable means, how can I be any different from that beast? Moreover, Long Wei Bo saved us, and we use this opportunity to get close to him... People need dignity, and trees need bark. Then what kind of person am I?"
Xiang Jin saw that Mu Shu's face was more dignified, thinking that this third lady had always been upright since she was a child and was never influenced by outsiders. However, after all, she was not young anymore, and it was always inconvenient for her to be away from Yunnan and her parents.
"In the last letter the master wrote, he mentioned the third lady's marriage..." Xiang Jin said.
The letter mentioned several of the family's connections in the capital, and asked them to find a partner for Mu Shu in the capital.
"The Third Lady is so outstanding in appearance. When those men see her..." Xiang Jin covered his mouth and chuckled, "they feel a little lost."
Recently, some people have frequently invited Mu Shu to visit their homes, or to attend literary gatherings or handkerchief parties. In fact, they all have the same purpose: blind dates.
"Those men..." Xiang Jin saw Mu Shu was stunned, so he asked, "Did the Third Lady take a fancy to any of them?"
Mu Shu thought of those attentive men and shook her head.
"Oh! It's so hard to find a good man!" Xiang Jin sighed.
Somehow, the smiling boy appeared in Mu Shu's mind.
Pale face, dark and deep eyes...
The driver and the guard came over to apologize, and Mu Shu simply abandoned the car. After she got off the car, she looked around and saw Jiang Qingzhi and his servant wandering around in front of her.
"There are many powerful people around here." said the guard.
This is considered a high-end residential area.
"Who are they?" Xiang Jin asked.
"What is Cui Fuma..."
The people from the Five Cities Army have arrived.
Then someone from the palace came with greetings from Concubine Lu Jing. "Your Majesty invites Miss Mu to the palace tomorrow to have a chat."
The eunuch glanced at Mu Shu.
Xiang Jin was overjoyed, and Mu Shu said calmly, "Yes."
The eunuch returned to the palace to report. Concubine Lu Jing asked about Mu Shu, and the eunuch said:
"He's pretty good-looking."
……
Cui Yuan was angry at home.
He has been very irritable lately, and the whole family is scared of him and won't stay around him unless necessary.
"Lu Bing controls the Jinyiwei, but he has never been able to find any evidence against Jiang Qingzhi. If this idiot was not your Majesty's brother, I bet he could only be a deputy centurion at best."
In the study, Cui Yuan, who was away from everyone, showed his sarcastic side.
The aide laughed and said, "That's right. But he is cautious."
"Being too cautious is like being a fence-sitter." Cui Yuan said contemptuously, "It's just taking advantage of your majesty's sentimental nature. If it were another emperor, a fool like Lu Bing would not have ended up any better than Ji Gang."
The staff sighed, "It seems that everything has changed since that long Wei Bo came to Beijing."
"Originally..." Cui Yuan narrowed his eyes as he recalled the past, "We have gradually led Zeng Xin and Xia Yan to a place where they are doomed to die. As long as Xia Yan dies, we will have the final say in the court. With power in hand, this is the only way to live up to this life!"
"But the arrival of that little bastard has ruined our plan." Cui Yuan slammed the table, "As long as Xia Yan is alive, there will be a veil between us and Your Majesty. If this veil is not removed, Your Majesty will not be able to completely give up power."
"Actually..." The aide waved the folding fan in his hand, "I have an idea."
“Speak.” Cui Yuan also fanned himself, feeling anxious.
"Does your Excellency still remember Wang Anshi's son Wang Pang?" the aide asked with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Cui Yuan asked impatiently.
"Wang Anshi's reforms have encountered many obstacles. Wang Pang once suggested..." The aide's eyes were cold, "to use the method of conquest and punishment!"
"The art of conquest and punishment?" Cui Yuan murmured.
The so-called art of conquest is to destroy the opponent physically.
Seeing Cui Yuan's hesitation, the staff said, "Sir, Wang Anshi was indecisive and refused to listen to Wang Pang's advice, which resulted in the new policy being abandoned halfway and Wang Pang also died early..."
Cui Yuan waved his hand, and the staff took their leave. As they walked out of the study, he sighed, "If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences!"
Candles were lit in the study, and under the candlelight, Cui Yuan's eyes were complex and uncertain.
"I also want to kill that little bastard. But His Majesty is extremely smart. If the little bastard dies, he will definitely suspect that it was our doing. At that time, given His Majesty's temper..."
Cui Yuan looked at the princess's portrait hanging on the wall and sighed, "Princess, if I wasn't a consort, I could have risen to prominence with my talent and knowledge. Why would I associate with a fool like Lu Bing? But you! You blushed when you looked at me. You were happy, but I suffered!"
He suddenly sneered, "That little bastard, if I don't do anything, Lu Bing will eventually be unable to hold back..."
Late at night, Cui Yuan got up and went back to rest.
After an unknown amount of time, two people came to the Prince Consort's residence.
Sun Chonglou sat on the wall with his legs hooked on the top of the wall. Suddenly, he turned upside down and said to Jiang Qingzhi, "Master, there is no one."
Jiang Qingzhi tried it. Although his body had recovered a lot, the wall was more than one person high. He jumped up and grabbed the top of the wall, pulling up with all his strength...
What the hell!
After several attempts, Jiang Qingzhi still couldn't get up.
Sun Chonglou then smiled and pulled him, "Young Master, go back and learn from Master!"
Jiang Qingzhi shook his head. He felt that there was a high probability that he would not be able to become a brave general in this lifetime.
So why make things difficult for yourself?
The two of them sneaked into the Prince Consort's mansion, avoiding the two guards all the way until they reached the study in the backyard.
Jiang Qingzhi took out a wine bag, opened the stopper, and poured the kerosene inside around the study.
"Young Master, you go first." Sun Chonglou prepared to light the fire.
Jiang Qingzhi shook his head and said, "Turn around."
"What for?" Sun Chonglou was puzzled, but he still turned his back and walked over.
What is the young master going to do?
Sun Chonglou was very curious.
This is a place where powerful people gather, and the people from the Military Affairs Department have deployed a large number of personnel.
At this moment, a team of sergeants were on patrol.
Suddenly, someone pointed at the night sky and exclaimed, "Look!"
"What's that?"
"what?"
Everyone looked in the direction of his arm and saw a beam of light shooting straight into the night sky from the house in front of them.
"Oh my God!"
"But the demon has come to the world?"
"This is... this is a vision from heaven!"
"God is above!"
Several soldiers knelt down and prayed.
After being shocked, the general leading the team's first reaction was: "Let's go see who that is!?"
Jiang Qingzhi held the flashlight, looked up at the beam of light in the starry night sky, and praised: "It really is worthy of being a 3000-lumen flashlight. This light can blind Cui Laogou's eyes!"
He estimated that the time was about right and turned off the flashlight.
"Stone."
"Master." The young loyal servant still had his back turned.
"Light the fire and retreat!"
"I like doing this the most." Sun Chonglou lit the firewood.
The fire started suddenly.
Two dark shadows quietly left the Prince Consort's mansion.
The guard was in the outer courtyard and discovered the fire after a while. He shouted, "Fire! Fire!"
Just as the Prince Consort's Mansion was alarmed, the patrolling team of soldiers also found the place.
"It's the Prince Consort's Mansion!"
The general stood outside the gate and asked, "That strange phenomenon actually came from Prince Consort Cui's mansion?"
"There's a fire in there."
A sergeant said.
"There was a fire after the vision. What are you trying to cover up?" The general said without hesitation: "Go back."
……
Third update.
(End of this chapter)
