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As soon as she mentioned Jiang Cheng, she seemed to be able to talk endlessly, but Yun Jiu'an interrupted her, "Is cousin Jiang Cheng married?"

Jiang Ruoling laughed at himself, "Not yet."

"Your cousin isn't there either?"

Jiang Ruoling looked at her speechlessly, "What do you mean by asking?"

Yun Jiu'an smiled slightly, took her hand, and walked out while talking, "Cousin is not young anymore, since you are worried, why don't you speak out?"

Jiang Ruoling was anxious to explain, but Yun Jiu'an smiled and said, "Even if she is a relative, it doesn't make sense for a female cousin to pursue her so far, does she?"

Jiang Ruoling finally blushed, and Chun Xi who was beside him sighed secretly.

A few people took advantage of the night to transfer to the other courtyard of the Jiang family to wait.

After a lot of fighting on the official road, there were only more than 50 soldiers left among the two hundred soldiers, and they returned to Junshan County just before dawn.

Seeing that Cai came to the inn again and was burned to the ground, Li Congyu went into the county government office in person with a cold face.

After a night of interrogation, those county magistrates had already confessed, and those arrested from Tieyao Village over the years were indeed sent away in iron cages in the middle of the night.As for where to send them, they only know that once the carriage leaves the boundary of Chengzhou, someone will pick it up, and Junshan County doesn't need to worry about it.So where exactly the population is being sent, they don't know.

And they are only responsible for collecting money.Every time a person is sent out, when the carriage is handed over, a large amount of money will be received, which will be divided up by them according to the official position of the participant.

There is still no news about the fourth prince Li Cheng. It is true that no one is seen when he is alive, and no corpse is seen when he is dead.

Xu Zimao has been completely placed under house arrest by He Qiu.

Li Congyu didn't dare to delay any longer, and decided to take the remaining 50 people and leave at noon.

Song Yanning didn't expect that Du Hu would come one step later and did not receive Yun Jiu'an and Jiang Ruoling.

After hearing what Du Hu said about the situation in Yun Jiu'an's house, it was expected that Li Yan might have made a move, and Yun Jiu'an used some means to escape.

He directly brought Du Hu and the others to the Jiang family courtyard.

Yun Jiu'an was counting her bottles and jars, but when she got half of them, she didn't sleep for two nights, she was really tired, so she hugged the quilt and leaned against the table to take a nap, and wanted to look for Song Yanning after dawn .

As a result, he fell asleep for a while.

Song Yanning pushed the door open and came in, seeing half of the candles burning brightly on the table, the little girl snuggled up in the quilt as lazy as a kitten, her thick eyelashes cast two curved shadows on her face, and then With the flickering of the candle, the time is long and the time is short.

He pitifully hugged her up with the quilt, Yun Jiuan woke up immediately, saw him, relaxed, and said sleepily: "My cousin said you know this place, so I didn't go to the inn to wait for you."

Song Yanning put her on the bed and covered her with the quilt, "I heard what happened last night from Chunxi. Fortunately, you were alert, otherwise Ling Xiang would have really murdered you last night."

Yun Jiuan didn't care, "How were you all last night? Is there any news about the Fourth Prince?"

"When we came back last night, we encountered an ambush and lost more than 100 soldiers. There is still no news from the fourth prince. However, after repeated attacks in the past two days, the fifth prince has become suspicious of me, and I have to suspect that someone is deliberately forcing I made a move to provoke the fifth prince and the imperial court to be on guard against me."

Hearing this, how could Yun Jiuan still sleep, and simply sat up with the quilt, "I want to know, what exactly are they going to be wary of you for?"

Song Yanning smiled suddenly, "You finally want to know me?"

Yun Jiu'an was a little embarrassed, she had been enjoying his care for her all this time, and it had almost become a habit, almost taking everything for granted.

"They have to be wary of whether I am a civil servant who can handle things at will. They also have to guard against my grandfather, King Zu Rui, handing over the military power of the 50 troops in Longxi to me and becoming his heir."

Yun Jiuan was dumbfounded, "No, shouldn't your grandfather be in the Jiang family in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Song Yanning smiled, "Mrs. Jiang is my aunt. My biological mother is the Wei family. She is the daughter of King Rui Wei Bupo who has guarded Xiguan for many years. In the Hou Mansion, my biological mother is called Mrs. Chun."

It was the first time Yun Jiu'an heard such a statement. She couldn't help being curious and said: "But I think Mrs. Jiang really treats you like a parent and child, and dares to discipline you, and she is not afraid of criticism from the outside world at all. I always thought she was your biological mother."

"She treats me just like her elder brother. She has never had a double heart. How can you tell? Besides, my biological mother died of illness when I was about eight years old. She has been taking care of me since I was a child. You can't tell the difference." It's normal to come out."

He stood up and said: "When Mrs. Chun gave birth to me, my health has not been very good, and I have been sick all year round. Later, my grandfather found Taoist Mingjing, who is also my master, and asked him to take me to Mingjingzong to recuperate. During this period, Madam Chun passed away."

Yun Jiu'an was silent.

"All these years, the Holy One is not only afraid of King Chun, but also my grandfather. After all, Western Chu has been stable for many years, without any changes, paying tribute every year and paying it on time. Therefore, there are many voices in the court who want to withdraw Xiguan 50 Wan Dajun, just keep a small part, and my grandfather can also return to the court to enjoy his old age in peace."

He pushed open the window, and said slowly: "But my grandfather always thought that Xichu's wolfish ambitions, and his quiet surrender was only temporary. Maybe one day they would make a comeback when everyone thought they were safe and sound, and they never agreed to withdraw. So Some people in the court began to tamper with the military pay. Not only did the food and grass decrease for various reasons, but the military pay was cut in half. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the grandfather could only reach out to the Jiang family in the south of the Yangtze River. It has been almost seven or eight years. Without the food and silver support from the Jiang family, the Xiguan Army would have ceased to exist long ago."

Yun Jiu'an didn't expect that he would tell her all these things together, lifted the quilt out of bed, stood side by side with him in front of the window, looked at the little daisies in the courtyard that were budding in the morning dew, and said softly: " If you tell me such things, you are not afraid that I will leak the secret?"

Song Yanning looked sideways at her, "Do you know how?"

Yun Jiuan shook his head, "Of course not."

Song Yanning smiled, "Do you think the people in the court don't know about these things? Then you underestimate them. So it's not really a secret."

Yun Jiu'an changed the subject again, "So someone forced you to take action last night, was it also a kind of temptation?"

Song Yanning held a negative opinion, "It's not a test, but a real killer. If I die, Prince Rui will be hit. It's not a worry for the Xiguan army to persist, and it's only a matter of time before they withdraw."

"Why did you attack you as soon as you left the capital?"

"Wrong, you still underestimated some people. When Mrs. Chun was still there, the unexpected death threats never stopped. After I was taken away by my master, the old master took me all over the world as his home, The whereabouts were erratic, and it was only a few years of stable life. It was not until I left when I was 15 that the master was able to settle down, and at the same time accepted Qingchen as a closed disciple."