This is what villains are like

In the courtyard, I watched You'er's figure disappear like a ray of light.

Jiang Lan finally withdrew his gaze.

He was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, a thoughtful look on his face.

He has already thought about what he should consider in this plan. As long as there are no mistakes, there should be no problem.

During this period of time, You'er has initially mastered some of the talents of the ghost clan. It is not difficult for her to hide in the void.

This time Emperor Xia gave him such a benefit, no matter what Jiang Lan said, he had to reciprocate the favor.

The Blood Immortal Cult plotted to use Daxia's national weapon to suppress the Dragon Seal. Just before that, through Song Youwei, he had left hands and feet in the small half bottle of Blood Immortal's turbid blood.

No matter whether the Blood Immortal Cult succeeds or fails in the end, it will not have any impact on him. If it succeeds, he can secretly erode and control the Dragon-Suppressing Seal. If it fails...at worst, he will waste the Blood Immortal turbidity he refined before. Blood time.

No matter what the result is, he will definitely make a profit.

In addition, indirectly revealing this news to Emperor Xia can be regarded as a way to gain goodwill and gain some luck.

The reason why Jiang Lan asked You'er to investigate, and then asked his father to send men to encircle and suppress the Blood Immortal Sect stronghold, was to give Emperor Xia the illusion that the Prime Minister's Office had secretly investigated some of the activities of the Blood Immortal Sect.

Next to Emperor Xia, the maid named Xia Zhu has a talent similar to that of You'er. She can sneak into the void quietly and find out all kinds of secret information for Emperor Xia.

It would be even better if Emperor Xia didn't mind the trouble and went to personally explore the Blood Immortal Sect's stronghold after learning the news.

With her cultivation strength, she would definitely recognize You'er.

If she sends her personal maid Xia Zhu to go there, the two have similar talents and the maid's cultivation is much stronger than You'er, so she will definitely be able to discover You'er's existence.

In this way, Jiang Lan could naturally inform Emperor Xia of the so-called "news" that You'er had found out, which would also allow her to be prepared.

Jiang Lan can also continue to make a fuss about the National Instruments Town Dragon Seal.

"Meng Ning, suppress your cultivation to the soul palace level and practice with me."

Jiang Lan came back from his thoughts and said something to the empty courtyard.

As soon as he finished speaking, a quiet aura emerged from behind him, followed by a sword shadow that was as brilliant as the moonlight and struck towards the back of his head.

Jiang Lan didn't even think about it, she held her fingers together like swords and blocked him back slowly.

He just wanted to test the extent of his current physical strength.

As for the Tongtian Monument and Jiang Rushian, he could only put it aside for the time being and pretend not to know.

During this period of time, Jiang Ruxian was living in seclusion in the imperial capital.

To a certain extent, she and the Prime Minister's Mansion had reached a subtle tacit understanding.

After the Qianyuan Mansion battle ended, there was no news related to Jiang Ruxian from the Prime Minister's Mansion.

This made all the forces who inquired about Jiang Rushian's origins and her connection with the Prime Minister's Mansion have no choice but to return.

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At the same time, inside Chengming Hall.

Emperor Xia finally finished reviewing the memorials he had accumulated over the past few days. He held his brows with his slender jade hands.

Because she needed to keep an eye on Jiang Lan's entry into the Hualong Pond, she accumulated a lot of unanswered memorials.

As the Southern Hunting Exercise was about to begin, various conflicts began to break out in the transition area between the Southern Wilderness Prefecture and the Daxia border.

Some strong men from the barbarian tribe lurked into the territory of Daxia and stirred up wind and rain in the border cities, causing great unrest.

In addition, she also learned that the Blood Immortal Sect was hiding in some small countries outside the territory of Daxia.

Some ancient Taoist holy places in Dongyuanzhou were also uneasy during this period. Some observers noticed the rumble of ancient chariots and the movement of territorial conflicts in those Taoist holy places.

A war broke out between two ancient sects over a rare secret mine. Zhou was affected by the forces and had to move away from his clan and come to Zhongtian Prefecture.

In the entire land of Nine Provinces, only Zhongtian State, which was ruled by the Great Xia Dynasty, was relatively peaceful.

In some states and territories, the lives of mortals are like nothing. In the eyes of powerful monks, they are worse than pigs and dogs. In some lands where foreign races live together, there is still the habit of raising loose mortals as food rations.

"This hunting trip to the south, I'm afraid that Dongyuan Prefecture won't be able to bear it any longer. Xia Jin is in charge of Nanhuang Prefecture, so there's no need to worry too much at the moment. Places like Xiling Prefecture and Beihai Prefecture are guarded by the Prime Minister's forces..."

"After the death of my father, the Zhenguo Mansion and the Fuguo Mansion were suppressed by the Prime Minister and handed over all their military power."

"Currently, there are only a few people from Zhenbei Prince's Palace, Duke Zhongguo, and my uncle, Prince Chong'an, who can be used by me."

Emperor Xia's mind was churning, thinking about the current situation in Daxia.

During this hunting trip to the south, her biggest purpose was to shock the barbarians in the Southern Wilderness State, as well as the ancient religions and Taoism in the Dongyuan State.

"Your Majesty, the Naxian Alliance suddenly received news that a Blood Immortal Sect's stronghold in the imperial capital was discovered."

At this time, the maid Qiu Ju suddenly came into the palace and respectfully reported to Emperor Xia.

Emperor Xia glanced at her and said, "What is the scale of that stronghold?"

"It's not big, but they may be planning something tonight. Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to encircle and suppress it?" Qiu Ju asked respectfully.

Emperor Xia thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Let's not alarm the enemy just yet. Xia Zhu, go and find out what the remnants of the Blood Immortal Sect are planning."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

A maid standing beside her immediately walked out respectfully after hearing this, and then quickly disappeared into the hall.

Emperor Xia was still very confident about Xia Zhu's methods. Even under the eyes of strong men like Jiang Rushian, he could hide his own Qi.

"Chunlan, how is the investigation going on about Yijian Palace disciple Zhang Yuan?" She suddenly remembered something and asked aloud.

"Back to Your Majesty, I have some clues. Zhang Yuan is relatively withdrawn, a loner, and has average talent. He joined the Yijian Palace ten years ago and his performance was mediocre. He has only recently begun to stand out. He is suspected of having acquired a powerful person. The inheritance..." Chunlan said respectfully.

Emperor Xia frowned slightly.

The strange stone related to the Ancient Emperor was also auctioned away by the Yijian Palace disciple at the auction meeting.

"Not only did he take out the life-extending divine artifact in his hand, he also dared to offend Jiang Lan face to face. When he was in Yuxianfang, he had an amazing battle, defeating the disciple of the Chiming Ancient Sect with absolute strength."

"This time he entered the Qianyuan Mansion, and it seems that he was the first to discover the strange object of heaven and earth..."

Emperor Xia has always been a man of talent, knowledge and good deeds.

As long as those young prodigies have a clean background and clear origins, she will never hesitate to reward them with resources and treasures and focus on cultivating them.

For example, in the Tenglong Academy of the royal family, there are many young talents that she values ​​​​and will definitely become the pillars of Great Xia when they grow up in the future.

She was not out of curiosity and wanted to explore the secrets of the Yijian Palace disciple.

I just couldn't figure out why he would use the precious life-extending artifact to bid to steal the strange stone from Jiang Lan, and finally resell it to someone who passed by in a flash that day, and even she couldn't investigate it. A mysterious woman of origin.