Jiaohua

Chapter 1500 Those Beautiful Women

In the early morning of the next day, within less than an hour, three pigeons flew in from the direction of Yong'an and landed behind the mountain gate of Pingyuan Temple.

The monks in charge of looking after the pigeon cages immediately took off the small bamboo tubes tied to the flying pigeons and turned to run towards the backyard.

After Yan Qinglin read the contents of the first two notes, Lian Yin could not see any joy or anger on her face.

But after reading the third note, Yan Qinglin dropped his hands, with an expression of surprise and shock on his face.

This was the second time Lian Yin saw such an expression on Yan Qinglin's face. The last time was many years ago. The emperor sent someone to read the imperial edict, and awarded him several titles, boxes of jewelry, and houses, but he did not give his wife what she wanted most.

"Madam..." Lian Yin said very softly.

Yan Qinglin calmed down and handed over the note in his hand.

Lian Yin took it out of curiosity. After reading it, Lian Yin was dumbfounded: "Chu Zheng!"

"That bitch." Yan Qinglin said in a deep voice.

Lian Yin couldn't even tell for a moment whether Yan Qinglin was scolding Chu Zheng or A Li.

"Master Tian is right, this is alienation," Lian Yin said, "Madam, do you still want to stay here? We are too far away from the capital. This, this is very easy for someone with ulterior motives to take advantage of us!"

Yan Qinglin suddenly said in a stern voice: "Jin Hongkang is far away in Songzhou. He is not afraid that I have stayed in Yongan for all these years to make things difficult for him. Why should I be afraid of someone taking advantage of me? No, that's not right. Aren't there enough people with ulterior motives? The more than 20 beauties in Song Zhiyi's harem, which one of them doesn't have eight hundred minds?!"

Lian Yin knelt down hurriedly: "Madam, please don't be angry. The abbot said that you should concentrate and rest. You must not be angry. It was my words that were inappropriate!"

Yan Qinglin glanced at her, then retracted his gaze to pick up the Buddhist beads on the desk, twisting them while speaking slowly, "Back in the capital, I really couldn't have imagined that that little bitch would be able to stir up such a big storm in the future! Otherwise, I should have used a trick to get rid of her back then!"

Lian Yin echoed: "Yes, back then Xia Zhaoxue was still in Madam's hands. If we used Xia Zhaoxue as bait, there would be plenty of ways to get rid of Ah Li."

"By the way," Yan Qinglin looked at the two notes in front of him and said in a low voice, "Xia Zhaoxue doesn't seem to be in the Xia Army. Where did he go?"

If Xia Zhaoxue could be found, everything would be much easier.

"Ma'am, let's send someone to check again."

Over the years, Yan Qinglin has consumed countless of her energy with the women in Song Zhiyi's harem. She had sent people to investigate Xia Zhaoxue's whereabouts, but he seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth and could not be found.

"Send people, send people," Yan Qinglin pinched the Buddhist beads on his fingertips, "Who else can be sent now? Some died, some were injured, and some became traitors when they were alive, and even came back after death to make my life miserable. What a sinner!"

Lian Yin glanced at the words "Chu Zheng" on the note and sighed lightly.

"By the way," Yan Qinglin suddenly changed the subject, "How is Sun Ziyi's matter going?"

"The people have been sent out. In no more than five days, the Loyal and Brave Army will be in trouble."

"What about Guo Wanwan?"

Lian Yin frowned: "She was asked to arrange the affairs of the concubines after their death. We also sent people to persuade her, but I think she wouldn't listen. We have persuaded her so many times..."

"It's not that she won't listen to advice," Yan Qinglin said in a deep voice, "it's that she can't control herself."

Everyone understands this principle, but it is easier said than done.

As the number of women in Song Zhiyi's harem increased and he increasingly ignored her, Yan Qinglin could feel more and more out of control in her heart.

If she could easily control Sun Ziyi's beautiful concubine like Guo Wanwan, she would definitely be more crazy than Guo Wanwan and would whip Song Zhiyi's concubines to death one by one with the long whip in her hand!

The depression in his heart surged, and Yan Qinglin waved his hand: "You go down, keep an eye on the mountain gate, and if there is any letter, send it as quickly as possible."

"So, Madam, do you want to report back to Lord Tian regarding Chu Zheng's corpse?"

Yan Qinglin shook his head: "Let's keep our troops in place for now and see how the emperor reacts in the next few days. If he doesn't mention it again, let this matter pass quietly."

Lian Yin whispered, "I'm just afraid of those pillow talk..."

"Enough!" Yan Qinglin suddenly shouted, slamming the Buddhist beads in his hand on the incense table, "Don't mention those bitches anymore!!"

Lian Yin was so frightened that her face turned pale: "Yes, Madam, I won't mention it anymore, I won't mention it anymore!"

Lian Yin took her leave, and Yan Qinglin looked at the door she had closed, unable to control his emotions any longer. If Song Zhiyi didn't mention it in the next few days, would the matter of Chu Zheng's skeleton really pass by silently?

No, it's a thorn!

Or anyone can come and poke its thorns in the future, and the wound will never heal.

And Chu Zheng is different from other secret assassins. She was a traitor who escaped all the way from Yong'an before her death!

It was the person they failed to catch, but was thrown back to them in the form of bones by the other party, who also presented them with her sword and hairpin.

  That little bitch, she really gave a big gift!

When he thought about how the women would laugh at him, Yan Qinglin was so angry that his whole body was shaking.

Lian Yin was about to leave when she suddenly heard the sound of a long table falling over behind her.

The maids who were standing with lowered brows in the courtyard were startled and looked up.

Immediately, a thick smell of candle smoke came out.

"Not good!" Lian Yin shouted and hurried back.

The guards in the courtyard followed her closely.

The long desk in front of Yan Qinglin fell to the ground, and the pen holder, candle, inkstone, books and the string of Buddhist beads on the desk fell to the ground.

The candlestick is made of bronze in an antique style, with two wild egrets climbing the lotus branches on the river bank while holding a copper plate on their heads.

The mouth of the copper plate is deep, so there is a lot of candle oil.

It was poured on the books and fire started immediately.

The note sent by Tian Wu was burned to ashes in an instant, and the string of Buddhist beads that fell next to them was silently burned.

Yan Qinglin's eyes were fixed on the string of Buddhist beads.

The fire was quickly put out, and the guards knelt down: "Madam!"

Lian Yin knelt beside Yan Qinglin with red eyes: "Madam, don't be angry, your body can't be angry!"

Yan Qinglin remained indifferent throughout, even the sudden burst of fire just now did not make her move even a step.

She just stared at the Buddhist beads on the ground, and finally said slowly: "Lian Yin, we must find Xia Zhaoxue."

After finding him, she was no longer afraid of Ali.

She also has bargaining chips on Song Zhiyi's side.

"Xia Zhaoxue..." Yan Qinglin raised his hand and gently pressed it on his thin belly, "You still owe me two lives."

Three days later, after days of continuous attacks, the Xia family army finally reached Pingyang Road.

In the countryside eighty miles away from Zeyang Road, Xia Zhaoyi ordered the entire army to stop and rest for four hours.

It’s time to sleep, take a shower, and eat.

When they heard it would take four hours, several veterans were dumbfounded. This was too much time.

Xia Xingming hurriedly said, "Second Miss, two hours will be enough. After we leave Zeyang Road, it won't be too late for us to have a good rest!"

Xia Zhaoyi just smiled and said, "If you don't get enough sleep for two hours, you'll get angry. Four hours is four hours."

After saying that, she jumped off the horse lightly: "Relax in moderation. The horse must be tired after traveling for days. Come on, Zhan Ning, let's go for a walk!"

Xia Xingming said: "But..."

"Forget it!" Xia Junnan patted Xia Xingming on the shoulder. "Once we got out of the Pingyang Road, it got cold all of a sudden. We won't be able to encounter such good weather again. We have traveled so much these past few days, so we can just consider these four hours as a waste of time. Let's go! Let's eat some meat!"