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Li Shuangwan nodded: "Yes, the current wife of the Marquis of Zhennan was the concubine's daughter. More than 20 years ago, the Marquis of Zhennan was just a general. During an operation to suppress bandits in Huizhou, he was stabbed on the arm."

"The knife was highly poisoned and I nearly died. I was saved by the Fifth Prince's mother who knew medicine."

"She took care of him for more than half a year, and finally healed the Marquis of Zhennan bit by bit. The two of them spent time together day and night, and they fell in love with each other, and she became pregnant with the Fifth Prince's wife's eldest brother."

"He brought her back to Shengjing half a year later, but the Marquis of Zhennan already had a wife who was very tough and would never allow him to take a concubine, so he bought a house outside and raised the mother and son there."

"Later, she gave birth to a second son, but the truth could not be hidden, and was eventually discovered by the then Lady of the Marquis of Zhennan, who wanted to bring people to kill her. It was her distant cousin who saved the three of them and lived in their house, so she survived."

"But for some reason, after that incident, the wife became seriously ill not long after, and died within two years. Her father had no concubines, so he took the three of them back home and made her his first wife."

"After that, she gave birth to the Fifth Prince's Consort. So strictly speaking, the Fifth Prince's Consort was not a concubine's daughter, because at that time, her mother had already been promoted to the legal wife of the Marquis of Zhennan."

"And her distant cousin is naturally the lifesaver of the four of them, and the Marquis of Zhennan treats him like a real cousin."

Lin Musen waited until the princess had finished speaking before he dared to take over the conversation: "Although Ling Heng is the crown prince now, his foundation is too shallow after all."

"Unlike the fifth prince Ling Yan, although his mother was killed for committing a crime, his maternal family, the Minister of Personnel Wan Liming, immediately withdrew from the case and sacrificed a daughter in exchange for the survival of the entire Wan Mansion."

"Not only that, but the Fifth Prince was also saved from this incident."

"Also, Wan Liming has been the Minister of Personnel for more than ten years, so he has a strong foundation. Ling Yan married the Fifth Prince's Consort Jiang Mengyao, who is the only daughter of the Marquis of Zhennan. The Marquis of Zhennan, Jiang Wenquan, has a large army under his command to protect the safety of the entire Shengjing City."

Li Shuangwan nodded: "Yes, people often say that there are two great military families in Northern Jin. One is our Zhenguogong Mansion, which has 300,000 Li family soldiers. They have guarded the northwest for decades and firmly blocked the horses of Northern Qi from entering the country."

"The second is the Zhennan Marquis Jiang family, which controls a 200,000-man Northwest Military Camp. If Ling Heng dares to harm the Fifth Prince, he will not be able to handle this 200,000-man army."

Although Ling Heng was named the crown prince, it was not easy to remove the military power of Marquis Zhennan.

This is also the reason why, even though she has become Li Shuangyan, Ling Heng still tries every means to get her on board his pirate ship.

Although he had tens of thousands of private soldiers, they were never made visible.

And it cannot be compared with the 300,000-strong Li family army.

Unfortunately, even though Ling Heng tried his best, it was useless.

Gu Xingyan asked Lin Musen: "This king asked you to find out where Ling Heng's tens of thousands of private soldiers are kept. Do you have any clues?"

Lin Musen hurriedly took out a small note from his bosom and handed it over with both hands: "Master, our people have found some clues here, but the defenses are extremely strict. There is almost no blind spot around the entire mountain."

"Not only are there people guarding every place 24 hours a day, but there is also a sentry every two steps and a sentry every three steps. Our people can't get even a little bit closer."

Li Shuangwan looked sideways and saw that the small piece of paper in Gu Xingyan's hand had a map drawn on it. There were four mountains on the map, forming a ring shape.

The place that Lin Musen pointed to was the center surrounded by four mountains.

These four mountains act like a natural barrier, completely separating it from the outside world.

No matter how loudly the people inside train, as long as they don't go up these mountains, no one will be able to discover the secret.

"Here..." Li Shuangwan frowned and thought, feeling a little familiar.

Gu Xingyan saw her frown and gently stroked it with his bony fingers: "It's so ugly. Why are you twisting it so tightly? Think about it slowly. If you can't remember, just listen to Lin Musen."

Lin Musen turned his head away, indicating that he neither saw nor heard anything.

Li Shuangwan glanced at him and suddenly remembered: "Xingyan, I know where this is!"

"where?"

Lin Musen felt strange. Wasn't it said that the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's family lived in the northwest all year round? They had been looking for her in such a secluded place for a long time. How did she know with just one glance?

Gu Xingyan crossed his arms and looked at her with raised eyebrows.

"Do you remember where Lord Hu and his family were robbed?"

"Liangshan Pass." Gu Xingyan said, and looked at Lin Musen again.

Lin Musen gave Li Shuangwan a thumbs up and said, "My lord, you have good eyesight and memory. I admire you!"

But when he saw his master looking at him coldly, he quickly withdrew his hand and hid it under the table: "Ahem, yes, it is indeed Liangshan Pass, it is written on the back of the paper."

Gu Xingyan turned it over and saw a few small words tucked into the corner at the lower right corner of the note.

Several people understood it instantly.

Gu Xingyan looked lovingly at the girl in front of him, whose eyes seemed to have a little starlight, lighting up his whole body. He couldn't help but reach out and hold her hand: "Tell me."

Li Shuangwan blushed slightly and glanced at Lin Musen secretly. She really wanted to remind Gu Xingyan that there was someone else nearby.

But she knew that Gu Xingyan did it on purpose.

This man is too jealous.

Lin Musen said that he couldn't stay any longer and stood up: "Master, Princess, you guys chat slowly, I'll go see if the food is ready."

The two of them looked at each other and no one paid any attention to Lin Musen.

Lin Musen touched his nose and said, okay, he is redundant, it’s okay for him to leave.

Li Shuangwan patted his hand gently and said, "You, why are you jealous of everyone?"

"He has been working as the butler at Prince Heng's mansion for the past month, and he has worked very well with you."

Li Shuangwan pouted at him: "At that time, he was the butler and I was the king, um..."

Gu Xingyan swallowed the rest of the words.

Well, Li Shuangwan stopped talking and said that from today on, she would never mention a word about her being in Prince Heng’s Mansion, lest this man make the whole building jealous.

After a while, the man let her go: "You haven't told me your guess yet."

Li Shuangwan rolled his eyes at him unhappily. If he hadn't done that suddenly, he would have finished speaking long ago.

"Bandits are rampant in Liangshan Pass, and Ling Heng uses this as a cover. Everyone thinks that the chaos in Liangshan Pass is caused by the large number of bandits, but they don't know that there are tens of thousands of Ling Heng's private soldiers among them."

"It is highly likely that the imperial court sent troops to suppress the bandits several times but failed to wipe them out. Ling Heng may have had something to do with it."

Gu Xingyan held the back of her head with his hand and pecked her moist lips gently: "The woman that this king likes is smart."