After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Meng Qianqian found a forest and tied up the horse.

"Tan Er, wait here for me. I'll go over and take a look."

"Um, I want to go with my sister."

Meng Qianqian touched her temples and said, "Shangguan Ling is not a pushover. The two of us are too conspicuous and will be easily discovered. Besides, the person who can make him treat us so cautiously is definitely not an ordinary person. We should be careful about everything."

Tan Er pouted and hesitated for a moment: "Okay."

Meng Qianqian smiled slightly: "What an obedient child."

Tan Er said: "Ni, please come back soon."

Meng Qianqian said: "I promise you, I will only be gone for half an hour. Whether you are found or not, I will come back to the forest to find you."

He paused, thought of something, and then warned, "If you encounter any danger, quickly escape back to the city, don't wait for me."

Although Tan Er was reluctant to abandon Meng Qianqian, she still responded in a low voice: "I understand."

Meng Qianqian touched her head again, quietly walked out of the woods, and hid in a bush diagonally opposite the post station.

Meng Qianqian waited and waited, and just when she thought she might not get the chance today, there was a slight vibration from the ground.

She put her ear to the ground and heard the sound of horse hooves and wheel wheels.

coming!

Meng Qianqian held her breath and pressed her body down again.

After about ten breaths, a group of people gradually approached. There were not many of them, about twenty or thirty, and there was only one carriage.

However, what surprised Meng Qianqian was that they were all dressed in Miao style.

Shangguan Ling's reaction was more respectful than she had imagined. He actually stepped forward and lifted the curtain for the other party.

The first person to come down was a man in his twenties. He had a handsome appearance, a dignified bearing, kind eyes, and an aura of dignity and elegance.

Next came a pretty and delicate girl.

The girl called the man "Brother".

Somehow, Meng Qianqian felt that the girl's face looked familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere.

Shangguan Ling had his back to Meng Qianqian, so Meng Qianqian couldn't see his expression clearly. She only felt for a moment that his body was slightly stiff.

But it was only for a moment.

If she hadn't been with Shangguan Ling for so long, she probably wouldn't have noticed anything unusual about him.

It seems that he was not waiting for this brother and sister.

"Who are you? Why are you waiting for us here?"

The girl asked calmly.

At this time, the man she called brother took a few steps forward, revealing the silver moon scimitar worn on his waist.

Meng Qianqian was attracted by the scimitar and couldn't help but take a few more glances at it.

Shangguan Ling bowed and replied: "I am Shangguan Ling, and I am here to welcome the distinguished guests on the orders of the Prime Minister."

The girl raised her eyebrows and said, "Brother, what did I say? We haven't even arrived in the capital yet, and the people who curry favor with us are already waiting!"

The man said gently and elegantly: "My little sister was just joking, Lord Shangguan, please don't take it to heart."

Shangguan Ling hurriedly said: "I dare not."

Meng Qianqian was even more puzzled. Shangguan Ling was the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard after all, but he was so humble. Who were they?

The man said to Shangguan Ling in a gentle voice: "My grandfather encountered something on the way and delayed his journey, so he asked me and my younger sister to go to the capital first."

The weather was hot, so Shangguan Ling invited the two of them into the inn's side room to talk.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards surrounded the post station in layers and were on high alert.

Meng Qianqian frowned and decided not to alert the enemy for the time being.

"elder sister!"

When Tan Er saw Meng Qianqian coming back, she immediately threw away the dogtail grass she had been chewing for half an hour and asked, "Have you been waiting for that?"

Meng Qianqian nodded: "He is from Miaojiang."

Tan Er frowned: "Miaojiang again?"

After Meng Qianqian decided to go back, she immediately told Lu Yuan: "It's getting late, let's go to the grave."

The two returned the same way.

Opposite the first post station, there was only one mountain, which was the one they had just walked past, but there was a small hill a hundred feet to the east.

Meng Qianqian decided to give it a try, and unexpectedly she actually found it.

"Purple Bamboo Forest, with a stele without words on it, this is definitely the tomb."

No one had paid tribute to the deceased for a long time, and the grave was overgrown with weeds. Meng Qianqian cleaned it up one by one, and then she and Tan'er burned paper money, lit incense, and kowtowed to the deceased as juniors.

It was already night when we returned to the capital.

Tan'er was completely hollowed out. She lay on the horse's back, sticking out her tongue, her eyes rolled back, and breathing out more than she breathed in.

Meng Qianqian smiled helplessly: "There is a good mutton soup restaurant up ahead."

Tan'er sat up instantly and went there in high spirits.

Meng Qianqian gave the servant ten copper coins and asked him to feed the horses.

As soon as the two sat down, they heard a scream from behind: "Xiao Yinhu, why is it you again? Are you following us?"

Tan Er turned around, put her hands on her hips and said, "How could this chicken follow you?"

Ji Li said sternly: "Don't call me a chicken!"

Tan Er: "Cock, cock, cock, cock, cock, cock, cock, cock, cock, cock, cock!"

Ji Li: “……!!”

Meng Qianqian curled the corners of her lips, took Tan'er's hand and walked over, sitting down at the table with Sishe and Ji Li.

She sat opposite Sishe, and Tan'er sat opposite Jili.

"you do not mind?"

she asked.

Sishe said: "Whatever you like."

Ji Li: "I mind!"

Meng Qianqian glanced at the steamed buns on the table and said, "It's my treat."

Ji Li: "Waiter, add five bowls of mutton soup!"

Tan'er and Ji Li started eating.

The Snake eats in a very polite manner, and you can tell at a glance that no one has ever snatched its food away from it.

"You have something on your mind?"

Snake suddenly spoke.

"Ok?"

Meng Qianqian was slightly stunned.

Suddenly, a sentence that Tiger had said to her flashed through her mind: "Snake's eyes are the most poisonous. Never lie to him."

Sishe said: "I don't want to say it, just pretend I didn't ask."

Meng Qianqian thought about it and felt that there was nothing that could not be said, but she changed the secret following into an accidental encounter.

This is also simple. Just say the location of the grave is farther away.

After listening to this, Sishe paused and asked, "Is it the Silver Moon Scimitar with seven gemstones inlaid on the scabbard?"

Meng Qianqian was surprised: "Yes, you have seen it?"

Sishe said: "I went to Miaojiang when I was looking for Chenlong, and I was fortunate to see the scimitar. It is the heirloom of the Miao King. Only the Miao King and his heirs are qualified to wear it. He should be the young master of Miaojiang, the grandson of the Miao King."

Meng Qianqian took a breath of cold air.

She guessed that the person that Prime Minister Xun was trying to win over was of some importance, but she didn't expect it to be so powerful.

After the Chu family was gone, the military power at the border gradually fell into the hands of Prime Minister Xun. In addition, the court was also controlled by his people. If he were to win over King Miao at this time, they would probably have no chance of winning.

"Miao King?" Tan'er held the bowl in both hands and tilted her head. "Doesn't he only have a daughter? When will he have a grandson?"

Ji Li sighed: "You also know about Miaojiang?"

Tan Er snorted, "I just know it!"

Sishe said: "The Miao King does have only one biological daughter, but it is said that his daughter has no descendants. His son is an adopted son, and the Miao Jiang Young Master is his adopted grandson."