one step closer to the end

Zhao Guanren suddenly flicked the cigarette butt, and covered Xie Yingying's ears with both hands, and the dowry girl subconsciously covered her ears. Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and a room in the backyard exploded. The windows of the inner house were broken.

"what!"

Xie Yingying went straight into his arms in fright, Zhao Guanren put her down with a smile and ran out, only to see that Luo Tan had already stood in the main room with more than a dozen female nurses, handed the steel knife and said: "Master! Only touch The final mechanism, sir, be careful!"

"Protect the ladies!"

Zhao Guanren opened the door and jumped out. The nurses all pulled up their hunting bows, and two men in black were blown out from the study. One was lying on the ground vomiting blood, and the other was spitting blood. Crawling hard, one leg was blown off.

"Shhhh~"

suddenly!

Two throwing knives came straight from outside the courtyard. Zhao Guanren hurriedly stopped on the grass. Unexpectedly, the two throwing knives went straight to the two men in black, and shot through the back of their heads almost at the same time, and pierced through the cheeks. , nailing them to the ground.

"Master Zhao! Are you okay..."

Three black shadows jumped onto the wall at the same time, all of them were swordsmen in black soft armor. The leader jumped onto the grass in the air, bowed with fists in his hands and said, "The humble job is the place where the guards beheaded thousands of households... Yemingsha, I honor the prince Come and congratulate me!"

"Beheading place? Why haven't I heard of it..."

Zhao Guanren looked at him suspiciously. This person looked to be in his early 30s, with a scar on his left cheek, but judging from his ability to kill two masked men, this guy was at least a second-rank cultivation base. Shun Chao is also a first-class master.

"My lord, please take a look..."

The other party took out a brass badge, handed it to him with both hands, stepped back half a step, and said: "The humble job sent you the badge, the place where the beheading is performed is the Secret Anbu, and it belongs to the Crown Prince. If you have any assignments, apply for it." That's it, I will do my best!"

"They specialize in dirty work, right..."

Zhao Guanren picked up the waist card and flipped through it. On the front were Jin Huanghuang's three large characters - Gongweisi!On the reverse side is his name and physical features, but his feature is actually a Guanzhou accent, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, a handsome white face, and a cross scar on the back of his left hand.

"Haha~ So I'm a handsome man, this is the official certification, it's not that I'm narcissistic..."

Zhao Guanren secretly laughed, raised his handsome face in embarrassment, and said in a cold voice: "Then tell me, what are you doing in the backyard of my house instead of going to the station in the middle of the night? It's pretty quick to kill everyone!"

"Your Excellency misunderstood, the two assassins are not my beheading department..."

Yeming Sha said without changing his face: "I was ordered by the prince to escort the congratulatory gift, but because I was not familiar with the place where I lived, I stumbled into the back alley by mistake, and suddenly heard the explosion..."

"Okay! Bragging, I'm better than you..."

Zhao Guanren waved his hands and said, "I don't have what you're looking for in my mansion. The trap was set up to deal with the Thai chicken thieves. You ran into it the first time. You will explain to the yamen later on your own. Can the official bridal chamber be returned?" not end yet!"

"Well, the prince learned that you are taking a concubine tonight, and ordered me to send you a congratulatory gift..."

Ye Mingsha said embarrassingly: "The congratulatory gift has been delivered to the door of your mansion. This is the crown prince's wish. Please accept it. The crown prince also said that what Prince Duan can give him is double, but Prince Duan can't give it to you." He can give it, as long as the adults do their duty, that's all!"

"Go back and tell the prince..."

Zhao Guanren arched his hands pretendingly, and said: "Your Highness dare not refuse to accept the congratulatory gift. Yunxuan is very grateful to His Highness for the reward. When I go to Beijing to take up my post, I will definitely thank you in person. But Yunxuan has always been in his position, loyal to his work, and only loyal to you." I, Dashun Dynasty, will never dare to pretend to be public for personal gain!"

"Humble job received! I wish you an early birth to your son..."

Ye Mingsha bowed and was about to leave, but Zhao Guanren shouted again: "Wait! You blow up my study and you want to leave? It's full of antique calligraphy and paintings that people gave me. I don't want the man-hours." Yes, but you have to pay me the 500 taels of capital!"

"what?"

Ye Mingsha said in embarrassment: "My lord! It's not like we bombed the study, so it's not up to us to pay for the money. Besides... the humble job brought some money, it's really not that much!"

"I'll ask you again when I get to the capital, take the corpse away..."

Zhao Guanren waved his hand angrily, Ye Mingsha nodded with a sullen face, picked up the two corpses and jumped out.

"Master! I've heard of this Yemingsha..."

Luo Tan ran out and said solemnly: "This man is a swordsman under the Prince's sect, and his subordinates are full of dead soldiers. It is said that he studied under the great master Qianye Xuan. I heard that he is a second-rank master two years ago. Now I am afraid that he has stepped into the second-rank realm. , deigning to be a thousand households, must be accommodating to your grade, sir!"

"Master! A few carriages came outside, and they said it was a congratulatory gift from the crown prince..."

The concierge woman suddenly ran over, and Zhao Guanren beckoned someone to bring the things in, wondering: "What kind of medicine did this prince take wrongly, and he gave me congratulatory gifts in the middle of the night, and Ye Mingsha doesn't look like a fool, he probably wouldn't take it This is how the job is done!"

"Master! I guess the crown prince wants to buy you with a lot of money. There are too many things to see..."

Luo Tan followed him to the middle courtyard, and the wives and concubines also put on their clothes and came out, but nothing was brought in, only three women in silk robes, all of them were covered by big hoods Living.

"Yo~ The prince gave me three more beauties, how polite..."

Zhao Guanren lit a cigarette and stepped on the stone bench. The three women all raised their hoods, and the young woman in the lead smiled like a vixen: "I have admired Chief Zhao's name for a long time. We are all congratulatory gifts from the prince. My lord, please choose one!"

"That's right! The Crown Prince's vision is really unique, I want everything..."

Zhao Guanren blew a puff of smoke frivolously. Although the young woman had a pretty face and was the tall and slender beauties he liked, she was probably in her thirties. A plump beauty in her twenties.

"My lord can't be so greedy, I can only pick one person tonight..."

The young woman shook her fingers with a smile, and said with a smile: "If you choose me, you will be the son-in-law, if you choose her, you will be the county horse-lord, if you choose the last one, you will be the prince's guest of honor, regardless of each other!"

"What are you talking about? Role-playing..."

Zhao Guanren's face was inexplicable, who knew that the three of them showed a golden waist card at the same time, the young woman's was the Seventeenth Princess, the little lolita's was the Yonghe County Lord, and the plump beauty was Qi Guiren, almost blinding him dog eyes.

"Cough cough cough..."

Zhao Guanren covered his chest and coughed violently. Luo Tan seemed to have remembered something, and hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "The woman knocks on His Royal Highness, the Lord of Yonghe County, Qi nobleman!"

"T-Really?"

Zhao Guanren looked at her in horror, and Luo Tan whispered in fear: "The real thing! I saw Princess Seventeen with my own eyes when I was on a patrol in Kyoto. She, she is the aunt of the little princess, and the Yonghe County owner is the little princess. The lord's cousin, the crown prince's daughter!"

"His Royal Highness! Are you playing with me..."

Zhao Guanren blinked in bewilderment, but the Seventeenth Princess covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Master Zhao, don't get me wrong. If you choose me tonight, you can play with me. Don't be polite, please choose one. Even the dowry is brought!"

Chapter 0474 Demon Moon Princess

Everyone in the Zhao family was in a daze, the prince and the princess had just left, and then a princess and the princess popped up, and they knelt down on the ground again, Zhao Guanren scolded bad luck in his stomach, the mourners really came one after another .

"My lord Zhao! What are you hesitating about? We rushed here, the princess has long been tired, and wants to go to the bridal chamber to rest earlier..."

The seventeenth princess has a vicious look on her face, she doesn't look like a serious girl, but this girl is a real old girl, and she has no experience points for one person on her head, the same is true for the little county head, only the prince's little wife places.

"Oh~ Your Highness isn't giving me a problem..."

Zhao Guanren put down his legs and said with a smile: "The eldest princess is as beautiful as a celestial being, the little magistrate is as beautiful as a fish and a wild goose, and nobleman Qi is even a beauty in the world. This is like three ten thousand taels of silver bills dropped on the ground. If you ask me which one to pick up, why don't you come in and sit down?" , Qianzhuang also pays attention to not cashing under the lamp!"

"Hehe~"

The three girls covered their mouths and laughed coquettishly, and the seventeenth princess even laughed coquettishly: "It's a shame to be under the lamp, my lord is afraid of looking at the beauties under the moon, and you won't be able to see them clearly, so I'll go in later." Let the adults take a closer look at the house!"

After the Seventeenth Princess finished speaking, she walked into the house. At this time, a group of female guards came in outside the inner house, carrying several heavy boxes on the ground. After opening, they were all full of silver ingots. After they all drove out, they directly closed the courtyard door.

"Luo Tan! Where did this bitch come from..."

Zhao Guanren looked at the room in amazement, Luo Tan leaned over and said: "The seventeenth princess Chen Yingyue, known as Princess Yaoyue, a demon of goblins, a hardcore princeling, a very difficult woman, the owner of Yonghe County is a concubine, who doesn't live in the house. In the palace, it is far worse than the little princess!"

"Damn it! No wonder the crown prince said he would pay double the price. This is trying to force me to stand in line..."

Zhao Guanren frowned and led Luo Tan into the room. Bian Xianglan was enduring the pain to entertain the distinguished guests. Bian Yulei also had her hair disheveled. Princess Yaoyue smiled and said, "The ladies just broke and couldn't stand upright. Let them Go down and rest first!"

"Girls, go back to the house and sleep..."

Zhao Guanren stepped forward and lit another kerosene lamp. After all the wives returned to the house, he rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Your Highness! Since you have come here to let me choose a relative, I will not be polite to you. This person is worthless, only a beauty!"

"Why don't you just meet me, my princess..."

Before Princess Yaoyue could finish her sentence, Zhao Guanren lifted her chin and looked at her carefully as if looking at something. Still squeezed out a stiff smile.

"Tsk tsk~ We country leopards, I've never seen a beauty like you, your mouth is drooling..."

Zhao Guanren took a step forward and lifted the little county master's chin. The county master is a whole grade lower than the princess, but the little county master is obviously a good girl, so he was a little scared when he pinched his chin, and he subconsciously avoided screaming. Auntie.

"What are you afraid of? This may be your future husband..."

Princess Yaoyue picked up the tea bowl and blew lightly. Zhao Guanren smiled, turned his head and held Qi Guiren's cheeks with both hands. Bite the red lip.

"The prince is really generous, the little wife will give it away as soon as she says, it is worth following..."

Zhao Guanren smiled and sat opposite the three women. In fact, he had no choice at all. Although Princess Yaoyue said she was coquettish, her frightened and angry expression had already betrayed her, and she was just testing his ability.

Choosing the little county head is tantamount to ruining one's own future, and no one can be a fifth-rank official, so I can only choose the prince's concubine. The subtext is that my concubine has let you sleep, so why don't you work hard for me?

"My lord is extremely alert, I have heard it before, and I saw it today..."

Princess Yaoyue put down the teacup and said with a smile: "My Ninth Brother has taken away a lot of greedy work, I believe it was all written by Mr. Zhao, and now my elder brother has also brought sincerity. If Mr. Zhao is satisfied, the Crown Prince will personally Clean up the dust for you in Kyoto!"

"Your Highness! It's been a long time since you came here, I'm afraid it's been a long time..."

Zhao Guanren lit a cigarette and said with a smile: "It's really not that the lower officials are arrogant. Do you know how much a county magistrate in Ningzhou sells for, and how much does a tobacco distribution right sell for? With the taels you brought tonight, I stretched out my hands and sent them ten times as much money!"

"Humph~"

Princess Yaoyue's eyes turned cold, and she said coldly, "Are you looking down on the crown prince?"

"Of course not! The crown prince is already very sincere. Send me a noble person. The future emperor has conquered her belly. If I can go in, I will honor my ancestors..."

Zhao Guanren shook his head and said: "It's a pity that the princess gave me money as soon as she came. The official can only use money to measure, but there is a way to talk about money, and there is a way to talk about money if you don't talk about money. Just look at it." How did the princess choose!"

"Master Zhao is really eloquent, and he kicked the choice to me again in a few sentences..."

Princess Yaoyue tilted her body and raised her cheeks, and said with a coquettish smile: "No wonder my ninth brother is willing to spend all his money this time, and is willing to use that girl Yongning to set you up. It seems that this princess has made a worthwhile trip. Then Let's only talk about Fengyue tonight, not about money!"

"Actually! If Your Royal Highness is willing to commit herself to me, I will marry you even if I go all out..."

Zhao Guanren slapped the coffee table vigorously, covered his mouth quickly and said, "Sorry! I get excited easily when I see beauties, but the prince is really impatient this time. I can't give you much money, money, and official positions. I can't even give my little wife." Send it out, I really can't see hope!"

"Don't get me wrong, we happened to be visiting Huaiyang, my elder brother didn't know we were coming, and I just came here on a whim to meet you..."

The princess stood up and said, "But do you really think my ninth brother is capable? He is just a tool used by my father to suppress the prince, but he got a blessing in disguise this time. As a younger sister, I naturally have to share my elder brother's worries, and you don't want to One leaf blinds the eyes, the crown prince is the crown prince after all!"

"Your Highness! You think too much about the role of subordinate officials..."

Zhao Guanren smiled and said: "My ability is only in Lantai County. To put it bluntly, I am just a local snake. After entering Beijing, I will enter the sea like a loach, and I will not be able to make any waves. I have a message for you, let the two beauties go out How about a little?"

"You go outside and wait..."

Princess Yaoyue waved her hand, and after the two girls had walked out, Zhao Guanren waved and said with a smile: "Sit next to me, come on! Are you afraid that I will eat you?"

"Lonely man and widow! Of course I'm afraid..."

Princess Yaoyue got up and sat down. Zhao Guanren leaned into her ear and said, "Prince Duan has the support of wealthy businessmen in Ningzhou, and with the help of Xia Shoufu, he will only be scolded when he goes back. I will entrust him with the most important tasks!"

"A big errand?"

The princess looked at him sideways, and Zhao Guanren said: "Can't the thieves be destroyed, can't the auspicious country be talked about, can't the famine in Yuzhou come, as long as he completes these three tasks, the prince may not be the prince, I Beautiful princess!"

"Except for Ji Guo, none of these three errands is easy to handle..."

The princess narrowed his eyes, and Zhao Guanren smiled and said, "I've stayed in Beijing for a long time. In fact, the most difficult thing is to negotiate, but if you kiss me, I will buy your dowry for you, and I will send you a message for free!"

"go with!"

The princess punched him, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "You can't be big or small, the face of the royal family is not a joke. If you want beauties, I will give you a hundred. Come on, my elder brother is the rarest thing like you." Talented people will definitely not treat you badly!"

"I just ask the eldest princess one question, once the crown prince loses power, where do you stand..."

Zhao Guanren raised a finger, and Princess Yaoyue said solemnly: "My elder brother! I am a sibling with him, how can I abandon him just because he loses power? I can also tell you clearly, as long as my elder brother does not make a big mistake , the emperor will never abolish the crown prince!"

"Admiration! Every time Zhengyi slaughters more dogs, the party is full of loyalty. I didn't expect the lord to be so affectionate and righteous..."

Zhao Guanren gave a thumbs up and said: "However, I'm just a greedy and lustful villain. I really can't bear the battle to seize the throne, so I only have one request. Don't force me to stand in line until the moment of life and death." Well, I don't want to touch both sides!"

"You have to stand aside, there is no good end to the grass on the wall..."

Princess Yaoyue stared at him very seriously, Zhao Guanren straightened up and said with a smile: "Who said that! I can still stand on the emperor's side, your father is strong and strong, and he just added a younger brother to you a few days ago, so I dare to say something , there will always be more than ten years, why should the princess be anxious!"

"Hmph~ You are such a loach, you can't be slippery..."

The princess sneered and said, "Give me the corpse poison powder, and then finish the news you didn't say just now, and the princess will not force you to stand in line for the time being!"

"I am anti-drug, how can I keep the corpse poison, looking for death..."

Zhao Guanren waved his hand and said, "Believe it or not, I don't have this. The last piece of free news is that Prince Duan has reduced the cost of ordnance manufacturing by a full [-]% and guaranteed the quality. You know exactly what that means!"

"Thirty percent? How could the weapon workshop agree..."

The princess's face changed slightly. The reduction in cost can not only save money, but also for Shunchao, who is short of treasury, can build more ordnance, and the logistics preparation is more adequate. The emperor will definitely be happy.

"Your Highness!"

Zhao Guanren stood up and said, "I've said everything I should and shouldn't say. Are you planning to stay with me overnight, or shall we meet again some other day?"

"You are very good. There are free news, and there must be paid news..."

Princess Yaoyue got up and patted his face, and said with a smile: "I won't bother you because you are busy with the bridal chamber. Mrs. Qi will stay here to spend the night with you. Someone will come to pick her up in five days. She will be our family's daughter if she is pregnant. , you are born with a title and a fief, you have to work hard!"

Zhao Guanren was shocked and said: "Isn't it so generous, let the crown prince help me raise my son?"