Martial Arts: Gain a Jiazi internal force at the beginning!

Chapter 474 Meeting
After seeing Jin Ge off, Jiang Ran returned to the palace and went straight to the imperial study.

Although he didn't go in, when he stood outside, he could clearly hear all the conversations inside.

After that, he followed Hai Huaishen and the owner of the treasure house all the way. Hearing their doubts about him, he felt quite recognized.

"It's a pity that no matter what era we are in, it is never that easy to do something."

He let out a breath, turned around, and disappeared above the eaves.

In a blink of an eye, he was already back in his room.

Open the window and go in. None of the three girls are sleeping.

Sitting on the bed chatting.

After Jiang Ran came back, three pairs of eyes looked at him together.

Jiang Ran touched his face and took off the black scarf on his face:
"Watch what I do?"

Tang Huayi smiled and waved her hand.

Jiang Ran told him what he had just seen.

"...were blocked by the eunuch?"

Ye Jingxue still wanted to tell the difference, but Ye Jingshuang said:

"Those two people probably won't give up."

"By the way, I can almost no longer hide my identity.

Ye Jingxue nodded subconsciously and suddenly realized:

"But can we believe Princess Xiyue?"

"It looks good."

"I guess they will definitely want to give it a try... and touch Princess Xiyue directly to see if they can 'rescue' Princess Xiyue from my hands."

He came to the table and walked down, pouring himself a cup of tea.

"Ah."

Ye Jingxue no longer cared about distinguishing the matter:

“According to their guess, the breakthrough point is Princess Xiyue.

"But we can't help but be on guard."

"So, it is better for me to be in our Demon Cult. After you marry your brother-in-law, you will become members of our Demon Cult, and you will act without any scruples. Unlike them, who have so many shackles in their hearts.

"She is not a little princess who is ignorant of the world. She is smart and clear. She will make the right choice."

"how's it going?"

Jiang Ran said:

Jiang Ran felt that these words were a bit strange, but there was basically no need to take Tang Huayi's words to heart.

"Ah."

"Be careful what you say, don't ruin my reputation!"

"But these two people were left helpless."

"Although Princess Xiyue is not old, she should not be underestimated.

Tang Huayi said:
"You are cautious and cautious in doing things, and you must have second-hand preparations. At least before the eldest princess meets the Qing Emperor, you definitely don't want anything to go wrong."

"You can obviously crush it to death with one finger, but you still dare to scream in front of me."

"What do you mean? When did I say I wanted to marry him?

Jiang Ran nodded: "I got the things and sent them away. I also prepared some gifts for you, but I won't be able to get them for you until tomorrow.

Ye Jingxue shook her head helplessly:
"This eunuch is powerless. If the two people you mentioned just raised his arms, he would die on the spot.

Tang Huayi immediately stopped laughing, and finally said angrily:
"Am I your second-hand preparation?"

"..."

"It's not a big problem."

Several people looked at each other.

Jiang Ran nodded:

Ye Jingshuang asked:
"Did you get the stuff?"

When she said this, she found Jiang Ran smiling at her.

"I didn't quite understand how Emperor Qiuye dared to ask her to preside over the alliance, but now I understand a little bit.

"The commander of the Royal Forest Army and the treasure house who caught up with me all suspected me... They originally wanted to rush in, but were blocked by the eunuch at the door."

"Sooner or later, sooner or later it will happen."

"This is really a dangerous situation."

Tang Huayi smiled and said:
"Who can look upon you better?"

"I don't worry about others going."

Jiang Ran smiled and said:

"You have inner demons, so you are the perfect choice."

"...Are you tired of this silly boy?"

Tang Huayi was a little angry:
"I'll help you deal with Linglong Pavilion in the first half of the night, and help you deal with the Royal Forest Army in the second half of the night.

"Tomorrow morning we have to face Emperor Qing to make gongs and drums.

"When can I get some sleep?"

"Why don't you go to sleep for a while first?"

"Then I want to sleep with you!!"

"Row."

"It's a beautiful thought."

After Tang Huayi hummed twice, he got out of bed with a groan:
"Then I'll go and sleep with you when I get back."

When she said this, she suddenly looked back at Ye Jingxue:
"How about you come with me?"

Ye Jingxue subconsciously wanted to nod, but felt something was wrong. After looking at Ye Jingshuang, she suddenly realized:

"no!
"Then didn't my sister fall into a wolf's den?"

"Then just stay here and get in the way...I'm leaving first."

Tang Huayi grinned: "Let you and your sister fall into the wolf's den together."

After saying that, he rushed out of the window.

Ye Jingshuang watched her leave and said with some worry:
"She's alone, will she be okay?"

"...You should be worried about other people, not her."

Jiang Ran shook his head:

"Besides, I know all the troubles around here... there will be no problem.

"Go to bed early..."

Ye Jingshuang felt relieved after hearing what he said.

Pull Ye Jingxue to sleep together.

Jiang Ran changed out of his night clothes and lay down against the bed.

Hazy, half asleep and half awake, there was another person in my arms.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn the next day.

Tang Huayi was sleeping soundly in her arms. She came back just before dawn, got into Jiang Ran's arms and fell asleep. She was sleeping soundly now.

Ye Jingshuang and Ye Jingxue also stood up respectively.

Seeing Tang Huayi sleeping soundly, he couldn't bear to disturb him.

It was Ye Jingxue who curled her lips:
"This bed is so pitiful...it can sleep only two people at most, but four people are squeezed into it."

"You can sleep on the floor."

Jiang Ran reminded softly.

"Don't even think about it!"

Ye Jingxue snorted, as if she was possessed by Tang Huayi.

"Stop making noise..."

Tang Huayi opened her eyes impatiently, and then leaned her head into Jiang Ran's arms:

"You are right, Princess Xiyue is indeed able to carry her. Those two people came to find Princess Xiyue secretly. They looked so righteous and awe-inspiring. I was quite moved when I saw it.

"As a result, Princess Xiyue immediately called for the guards to arrest the two people who broke into the palace without permission.

"I was the one who smoothed things over..."

"Have you tried to smooth things over yet?"

Ye Jingxue was stunned for a moment and then suddenly realized:
"Did you use your inner demons on them?"

Tang Huayi grinned and glanced at Jiang Ran:
"Since last night, the Imperial Guard has obeyed my orders.

“Brother-in-law, how about we rebel directly in Qingguo.

"After seeing the Qing Emperor this morning, I immediately killed him. You ascend the throne as the emperor, unite the troops and horses, and then fight against the Jin Chan.

"After that, how about sending troops to conquer the world and unify the mountains and rivers?"

"What a great guy you are."

Jiang Ran glanced at Tang Huayi helplessly, feeling that this girl wanted to encourage him to become the emperor every day:
"The two of them are really bold."

"It's really bold..."

Ye Jingshuang also nodded at this time:

"I never thought about what would happen if they guessed wrong about this matter?"

"Maybe you've thought about it too?"

Tang Huayi smiled and said:
“When they came, they were packed tightly.

"After waking up Princess Xiyue and making sure she wasn't yelling, I started to explain my purpose and behaved very politely.

"It's a pity that Princess Xiyue pretended to be confused... After she understood and made sure that she would not be hurt, she started to want to hurt them.

"That is to say, I showed up in time, otherwise, these two would have been in prison by now."

"The risk is not small, but in fact the guess is correct. If it succeeds, it will be the credit of Potian..."

Jiang Ran turned over and said:

"Okay, let's clean up. It should be almost time."

He was naturally referring to the fact that Emperor Qing summoned them to see him.

In the end, the time when the eunuch came to announce the decree was just after the court meeting.

Princess Xiyue, dressed in fine clothes, appeared surrounded by Ye Donglai and others.

Jiang Ran and others followed Princess Xiyue.

Under the guidance of Eunuch De, we arrived at the 'Qingluan Hall' of Qing Kingdom.

Waiting in the side hall, everyone took their seats.

There were also eunuchs on the side who kept urging them not to forget the palace etiquette. There were particular rules on how to pay respects and how to kowtow when they entered.

Jiang Ran agreed with a smile, but didn't take it to heart at all.

While he was paying no attention, he saw two people coming together.

As soon as one of them saw Jiang Ran, he laughed immediately:
"Brother Jiang, you didn't expect to meet again, did you?"

The eunuch following him quickly reminded:
"My lord, please keep your voice down. This is Qingluan Palace, not a wine shop."

"...Trouble." The person who spoke shook his head and came to sit in front of Jiang Ran:

"Brother Jiang left immediately without giving anyone a chance to say hello.

"What happened after you came back from Qi'an Town that day?"

Then he leaned close to Jiang Ran's ear and whispered:

"Why was there an imperial edict in the palace last night that wanted us gangsters to enter the palace?"

The distance was too close, and the scarf with the word '木' written on his face was about to stick to Jiang Ran's face.

The visitors were none other than Zhen Cheng and Chen Mu.

Jiang Ran helplessly reached out and pushed Zhen Cheng out:

"I don't know why Emperor Qing suddenly wants to see you...

"As for me... someone has assassinated Princess Xiyue. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, I naturally have to enter the palace as soon as possible."

"Is there someone else who wants to assassinate Princess Xiyue?"

Chen Mu's face darkened:
"Who did it again this time?"

"I don't know the specifics, but one of the killers claimed to be from Linglong Pavilion."

"Linglong Pavilion?"

Chen Mu frowned:

“Linglong Pavilion claims to do everything.

“As long as you have money, you can do whatever you want.

"This group of people acts secretly. Xiaosheng has long wanted to find them to eliminate evil in the world, but unfortunately there has been no clue...

"Did they join forces with Jin Chan?"

"I don't know that."

Jiang Ran shook his head:

“But I guess it may not be a joint effort.

"After all, we use money to do things, so why join forces as long as we give them money?"

Zhen Cheng’s voice was low:

"Linglong Pavilion... It doesn't matter if you do business, but you don't even have the concept of right and wrong. Your family and country are not in your heart at all. You should be punished as expected."

Jiang Ran asked:
"The Qing Emperor sent a decree last night to let you enter the palace.

"Have you met him now?"

"Not yet..."

Zhen Cheng said:

"I just arrived."

"Who else is coming?"

“Nearly all the people in Qi’an Town should be here.

"However, there were also a few who had some problems. They were worried that the emperor wanted to bring them into the palace to settle matters, so they escaped from the imperial capital overnight. I don't know where they went."

When Zhen Cheng said this, he gave Jiang Ran a strange look:
"You haven't gone in yet? We came a little late. Master Xuyuan and others from the Dafan Zen Temple should have already entered the palace to pay their respects."

Jiang Ran nodded slightly, and at this moment, the eunuch who delivered the order had arrived in front of the door and shouted:
"Xuan, Princess Qiuye Xiyue, and all the righteous warriors from all walks of life have come to the palace to pay their respects!!"

Jiang Ran looked up and saw that Princess Xiyue had already stood up.

He was led out by the eunuch.

Jiang Ran and others looked at each other and followed Princess Xiyue.

I was waiting in the side hall, but within two steps, I was already there.

Turn to the main entrance of Qingluan Hall.

This place was also the place where court gatherings were held on weekdays. A red carpet was laid out all the way. The two sides were originally occupied by ministers, but this time they were occupied by all the heroes of the world.

There is a person sitting at the top. His posture is straight and steady, his eyes are looking calmly into the field.

Jiang Ran just glanced at it and heard two voices in his ears.

One is from the eunuch around me:

"A righteous man must not raise his head to face the king."

Looking up at you, I intend to assassinate you!
But the second sound was really a long-awaited sound... the prompt sound came from the system.

[Knife-catching mission: Escort the eldest princess to the imperial capital of Qing Kingdom! 】

[Task status: Completed! 】

[Get the reward: 'Purple Gas Furnace', please wait patiently...]

Jiang Ran was stunned, what is this?
Could it be the stove in Qingluan Palace?
If I pick one up now, does it count as the reward has been distributed?
Under the eunuch's crazy suggestion and seeing sweat on his forehead, Jiang Ran lowered his head slightly and sighed in his heart.

This knife-catching mission is indeed a trap!

As he walked forward, he opened the system interface again and took a glance. He remembered that this thing also gave a lifespan bonus.

The last time I did this knife-catching task, I was rewarded with one day of life.

This time I don’t know how much I can give...

Just based on the nature of this mission, I probably won’t be able to give much.

Unexpectedly, he was stunned when he saw it.

I took a closer look to make sure I wasn't dazzled...

"Ten years, seven months and nine days!!"

He still remembered that when he was in Jin Chan's capital, he opened the first narrow escape route.

The remaining life span directly becomes ten years.

Later, outside the capital, he fought with Xue Chan, and he killed several of them.

He received these rewards one after another, and his life span increased to ten years, six months and thirteen days.

After that, I went to Qingguo. There were no tasks to do along the way.

Especially after arriving in Qing Country, not only did he not have a mission, he almost became someone else's mission.

It can be said that there is no harvest along the way.

It was just a waste of two or three months.

How come it is now that the remaining life span is increasing instead of decreasing?

What's the matter with this extra thing?

Jiang Ran wondered about the reasoning behind this. It took him a day to save Mingyue's father.

Then the knife-catching task rewards one day of life.

This time, I sent the eldest princess to Qing Country. Strictly speaking, she should have gained more than three months of life.

Calculated this way, it was exactly the time he spent on the journey.

"Could it be said that the knife-catching task will not give extra time rewards, but will make up for the time lost in the process of doing this task?"

Jiang Ran scratched his head:

"If this is really the case...then isn't there a bug here that can be exploited?

“Looking back, I don’t need to do other tasks. I just take on the knife-catching task and never complete it.

"Wait until your health is exhausted, then submit the mission.

"Can we gain all the lives lost in this process?

"Then...then I am not immortal?"

Jiang Ran blinked, feeling that this might not be that simple.

Although the system has no brains, it will never have such obvious loopholes for you to exploit.

After this matter, we need to think more carefully and research more.

With this in mind, everyone, headed by Princess Xiyue, came to greet Qing Emperor.

At this time, Jiang Ran did not kneel down or salute. He lowered his head just now and raised it again.

The eunuch on the side saw this and quickly reminded:
"Righteous soldier, quickly kneel down and salute."

Jiang Ran smiled:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am in a rough world, and I am my teacher to the Lord of Heaven and Earth. Only the word "Jun" is not in my heart.

"Therefore, if you don't kneel down, I hope your majesty will show mercy."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Qing had no reaction, but the eunuch beside him was so frightened that his legs became weak and he knelt directly on the ground:

"Your Majesty, forgive me!!"

Qing Emperor glanced at everyone, fell on Jiang Ran and nodded slightly:
"What's your name?"

"The rivers of grass-roots people flow."

"So you are Jiang Liu."

The Qing Emperor smiled:
"I heard that you escorted Princess Xiyue along the way, evading pursuit, and even personally delivered her to the imperial capital.

"This is a great contribution. If I don't kneel down, I won't kneel down."

"Thank you for your magnanimity, Your Majesty."

Jiang Ran crossed his fists.

Then I heard Qingdi say again:
"However, since you can protect Princess Xiyue from Jiang Ran.

"He even escorted her all the way to me.

"It can be seen that you are highly skilled in martial arts and have extraordinary abilities...

"Yesterday, three major events happened in the imperial capital.

"First, someone from the Demon Cult sneaked into my embassy. He killed one of my generals, made a big fuss, and then disappeared without a trace.

“Secondly, Baifang Tower was attacked by a group of thieves, causing heavy casualties.

"Thirdly, my treasure house was stolen, and the thieves are still at large without a trace.

“These three things have made me really worried.

"So, it was just announced that these knights from the world of martial arts came to the palace to see me.

"I just explained the situation clearly to them.

“They all agreed that these three things were all done by the Demon Cult.

"I don't know, what do you think?"

Jiang Ran looked at Master Xu Yuan and others in the field, and saw that this group of usually unruly martial arts players were quite cramped at this moment.

Just a smile:
"None of these three things were done by the Demon Cult."

"Oh?"

Qingdi looked at Jiang Ran:

"You are so confident, could it be that you have already planned this?
"Tell me and let me hear it."

"Compared with the drafting people, shouldn't your Majesty know the truth about this better?"

Jiang Ran faces the Qing Emperor:

"May I ask Your Majesty, are you the one who sent people to assassinate Princess Xiyue?"

……

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ps: I haven’t been in a good state these past two days. I’ll take a short break today and take it easy...

(End of this chapter)