mountain and river oath

The doctor in the mansion bandaged Shu Zilan's wound. Shu Zilan's complexion improved slightly. Zhao Jing sat aside and looked at Shu Zilan with concern. Shu Zilan was moved.

"I'm fine, don't worry," Shu Zilan said with a smile.

"These assassins are very strange," Zhao Jing said.

"Usually assassins only do assassination missions for money, but they are completely reckless." Shu Zilan was puzzled.

"Could it be someone from Duan Zhenli?" Zhao Jing looked at Shu Zilan and asked.

"He raises assassins?" Shu Zilan asked in surprise.

Zhao Jing nodded, "It's possible."

"Why did he do this?" Shu Zilan asked, "Prince, he is raising assassins for the prince," Shu Zilan said with certainty.

"Well, Duan Zhenli is a hidden game played by the prince. If we hadn't come here, who would have known that Duan Zhenli would belong to the prince. He must have raised assassins in order to secretly eliminate dissidents for the prince," said Zhao Jing.

Shu Zilan frowned, she didn't expect that Rongyang's disaster relief would bring up such a big deal.

"Duan Zhenli's power is far beyond our imagination, I don't know what else he will do," Zhao Jing said worriedly.

Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Jing without saying a word.

The serving servant brought over a bowl of medicine, Zhao Jing took it, picked up a spoon, stirred it carefully, and fed it to Shu Zilan

"You put it down, I'll do it myself." Shu Zilan felt embarrassed.

"You are injured, I should take care of you," Zhao Jing said frankly.

Zhao Jing's calmness made Shu Zilan feel that she was thinking too much of a villain, "Okay," Shu Zilan reluctantly agreed.

Zhao Jing patiently fed the medicine spoon by spoon, and finally finished the bowl of medicine, Shu Zilan breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Jing handed over a white silk scarf, Shu Zilan took it, and wiped the medicine stains from the corner of her mouth , Zhao Jing took the towel and handed it to the servant beside him.

"Take a break first," Zhao Jing said, seeing Shu Zilan's uneasiness, he turned and walked out.

Shu Zilan watched Zhao Jing go out, and said calmly, "Call Shu Ting in." The servant bowed out, and after a while Shu Ting came in, seeing Shu Zilan's shoulders wrapped, he asked in surprise, "Sir, are you injured?"

"It's okay." Shu Zilan said lightly.

"Prepare me pen and ink," Shu Zilan said.

"Yes" Shu Ting prepared his pen and ink, and spread out a piece of letter paper. Shu Zilan struggled to write on the paper. After a long time, he studied the handwriting, put the pen aside, carefully rolled up the paper, and handed it to Shu Ting. "Send this letter to King Yu"

"Yes" Shu Ting said, he hesitated for a while and said, "My lord, is there anything else?"

Shu Zilan lowered her eyes, seemed to be in deep thought, and said for a long time, "People who avoid Zhao Jing"

"Yes" Shu Ting turned and walked out, Shu Zilan sat on the bed, looking at the tassels fluttering on the bed curtain.

Ever since the two were about to assassinate in the county government office, Zhao Jing stepped up defense in the county government office. Suddenly, there were many unfamiliar faces in the county government office. Seeing that these people must be masters, Shu Zilan knew that these were Zhao Jing's people, and was surprised that Zhao Jing had such a huge power. King Yu, Shu Zilan was hesitant, and only hoped that Zhao Chong could receive the letter from Feige as soon as possible, and send rescuers as soon as possible, so that the situation in Rongyang would be even more chaotic, and King Yu could also take the opportunity to come up with some articles Bring down the prince.

Shu Zilan's flying pigeon had indeed arrived at King Yu's mansion, but it was not in the hands of King Yu, and was intercepted by Sun Yi. He opened the letter, and there were only a few words written on it: "If you are in trouble, please help, quickly check Duan Zhenli"

After reading it, Sun Yi put the letter on the candle and burned it slowly.

"Teacher, this is a letter from Mr. Shu to King Yu. Why did you burn it?" The young man beside him asked in surprise.

"I don't understand." Sun Yi looked at her young disciple and said.

"I don't understand. Mr. Shu is the most trusted person of King Yu. Now that he is in trouble and sends out an emergency signal, how can we just ignore it? What's more, he asked King Yu to quickly check Duan Zhenli, which shows that the disaster situation in Rongyang is complicated. It's a man-made disaster," the young man said in confusion.

"You're right, but Shu Zilan can't be kept," Sun Yi mused, "If you keep him, King Yu will be ruined by him sooner or later," Sun Yi said disdainfully.

The young man looked at Sun Yi with wide eyes in surprise, and Sun Yi nodded and remained silent.

"They" said the young man.

"Hush" Sun Yi hissed.

The young man dared not speak.

"All of this is Shu Zilan's fault. I must eliminate this disaster for the prince. King Yu's heart is for the world. How can he be trapped by this unbearable relationship? Let him die in Rongyang. We don't want to send another One soldier," Sun Yi said calmly.

"What if the prince finds out?" the young man asked in fear.

"How does the prince know?" Sun Yi looked at the young man and said.

"What if Mr. Shu survives and tells the prince?" the young man asked.

"Shu Zilan is most worried about the infighting among the staff of Prince Yu's mansion. Even if he knows, he will not tell King Yu." Sun Yi affirmed. He could understand that Shu Zilan was always thinking about King Yu. He is the most important counselor of King Yu, how could he let King Yu break his arm and damage his vitality.

"The teacher is brilliant" young men worship authenticity.

Sun Yi smiled smugly.

There was no news of Shu Zilan and other rescuers, and King Yu didn't write a letter. Shu Zilan felt disappointed. He took up a pen and wrote a letter, explaining Rongyang's situation in detail, and ordered Shu Ting to hide from Zhao Jing's hands, secretly Send out the letter.

The letter was still intercepted by Sun Yi, who read it carefully and burned it on a candle. The letter gradually turned into a wisp of ashes with the fireworks, and Sun Yi carefully crushed the ashes.

The young man stood aside, hesitating to speak.

Sun Yi saw the anxious look on the student's face, and said, "Let's talk."

The young man hurriedly said, "Teacher, why did you burn it? If this continues, we will miss the opportunity to bring down the prince."

"Can someone like the crown prince ascend to the throne?" Sun Yi looked at the students and asked.

"No, many people in the court are dissatisfied with the prince's behavior, and they are just waiting for an opportunity to take the opportunity to bring down the prince," the young man said.

"Yes, you can see clearly, so we missed this opportunity and there is another opportunity, we can afford to wait, but this is the best opportunity except for Shu Zilan, if you miss it, it will be difficult to get another one, Shu Zilan The relationship between Lan and King Yu is getting stronger day by day, we can't afford to wait," Sun Yi said.

The young students nodded.

Sun Yi turned and walked out of the secret room.

Several letters were sent out, but King Yu still had no news, Shu Zilan summoned Shu Ting and asked, "Did you send the letter?"

"Yes, when the subordinate delivers the letter, make sure there is no one behind him," Shu Ting said affirmatively.

"Why hasn't there been any news yet?" Shu Zilan asked in confusion. Although he was anxious, he was still calm on the surface. After a long time, Shu Zilan said, "Forget it, you go down."

Shu Ting retreated.

Shu Zilan paced around the room, wondering if it was Zhao Jing who intercepted the letter?But he believed Shu Ting's words, not to mention Shu Ting's ability is good, if he is convinced, then there is no problem, then who intercepted his letter, Shu Zilan thought.

Duan Zhenli has been sending assassins to assassinate, but every time he was killed by Zhao Jing's men before reaching the backyard, the backyard was peaceful, and Shu Zilan knew that this calm was just brewing a bigger storm.

Zhang Jun also came back, and brought a woman into the small courtyard. Shu Zilan recognized her as Lianqiao, the owner of Yihongyuan, but she was wondering why Lianqiao appeared here at this time.Zhang Jun took Forsythia directly to Zhao Jing's room, and after an hour, several people came out.

"Shu Gongzi" Lian Qiao said with a smile.

"Miss Lianqiao, why did you come to this remote town?" Shu Zilan asked.

"Isn't there an enemy here, he doesn't look for me, so I can only look for him?" Lianqiao looked at Zhao Jing with charming eyes.

"Stop joking, we are friends," Zhao Jing said hastily.

"Oh." Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Jing with a half-smile, clearly not believing what Zhao Jing said.

"Why don't you believe it?" Zhao Jing said anxiously.

"Oh, how can I believe it? It's human nature to love a man and a woman, not to mention that Lissythias is such a beautiful woman," Shu Zilan said.

"Lianqiao is certainly a good woman, but there is no fate between us," Zhao Jing said.

"Okay, I believe." Shu Zilan smiled.

Zhao Jing knew that no matter how much he explained it would be of no avail, Lian Qiao chuckled and said, "How can Mr. Shu slander the innocence of the slave family so much, His Highness and I are indeed just friends, there is no other matter."

"I believe His Highness's character is that he can sit still and stay calm," Shu Zilan said with a smile.

Several people laughed together.

"Okay, let's stop talking. Now that Zhao Jun and Shu Ting are back, let's listen to what they have to say," Zhao Jing said.

Several people walked into a secret room,

"How did Meng Qinghe die?" Shu Zilan looked at Shu Ting and asked.

"Duan Zhenli sent his master to kill Meng Qinghe, faked the scene of Meng Qinghe's suicide, planted it on His Highness, and spread rumors that His Highness forced Meng Qinghe to death," Shu Ting said.

"Who can testify?" Shu Zilan asked.

"Meng Qinghe's wife," Shu Ting said, "she saw Duan Zhenli's master come to the house. Not long after he left, Meng Qinghe died. After his death, there were people from Duan Zhenli around the Meng residence. Meng Qinghe's wife concluded that Duan Zhenli must have done it, she is willing to testify to avenge Meng Qinghe."

"Okay" Shu Zilan said happily.

"Tell me about Duan Zhenli's crimes," Zhao Jing said while looking at Zhang Jun.

"Yes" Zhang Jun said, "Duan Zhenli is the prince's real uncle"

When Shu Zilan heard this, his heart was shaken. He raised his eyes to look at Zhao Jing, but saw his calm expression, knowing that he had already heard the news.

"Duan Zhenli is a child of the Li family. That year the Rouran tribe suddenly invaded the capital, and the nobles in the capital migrated one after another. Duan Zhenli is the youngest child of the Li family and the queen's younger brother. Unfortunately, he was lost during the migration, but later, he was moved several times. The Li family found Duan Zhenli and recognized him back, but the Li family never announced to the outside world, they always said that the youngest child of the Li family was dead, and the crown prince has been secretly supporting him, treating him as a pawn," Zhao Jing said slowly.

Shu Zilan was startled to hear that Zhao Jing was able to discover such a secret and long-standing matter.

"Duan Zhenli is loyal to the crown prince. During these years as the magistrate of Rongyang, he plundered and accumulated a lot of wealth, most of which were handed over to the crown prince. He also secretly mines iron ore in the west of the city, smelts weapons, and shelters the homeless in the city. The orphan who returned home, trained to be a dead body, to be a secret assassin for the prince, to eliminate dissidents." Zhang Jun said, Shu Zilan's heart tightened a little, did not expect the prince's layout to be so deep, this may be just the tip of the iceberg of the prince's power.

"The assassin we met a few days ago was the dead man Duan Zhenli trained for the prince," Zhao Jing said.

Shu Zilan nodded slightly.

"These are just part of the facts of Duan Zhenli's crime. What does he mine iron ore and smelt weapons for?" Zhao Jing looked at Shu Zilan and asked.

"Could it be him?" Shu Zilan couldn't believe it.

"That's right, he privately recruited talisman soldiers, and there are a thousand talisman soldiers hidden in the mansion," Zhao Jing said.

"What does he want to do?" Shu Zilan couldn't help asking. "The emperor strictly forbids family members to raise talisman soldiers privately. The prince's talisman soldiers are less than 500, while the emperor's relatives are less than 200. He raises 1000 people. Isn't this a rebellion?"

"It is still too early to say whether the prince knows. If the prince doesn't know, he is just raising talisman soldiers privately and has nothing to do with the prince. If the prince knows about this, then the prince has ulterior motives," Zhao Jing said slowly.

Shu Zilan nodded, with a heavy heart, Duan Zhenli's power is far beyond expectations, how can they protect themselves in the Red City.

Zhao Jing saw Shu Zilan's worry, and said, "Don't worry, we are openly tearing up with Duan Zhenli now, I guess Duan Zhenli will lead the Fu soldiers to attack the Red City in a few days, then we will pretend to be defeated, and everyone will hide in the Red City Prison," Zhao Jing said.

Shu Zilan's eyes lit up in an instant, and she said, "Wonderful, Hongcheng Prison is built to prevent prisoners from escaping. The building is solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a tendency that one man guards the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it."

Zhao Jing looked at Shu Zilan, said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Rong Qing knows me"

The two smiled at each other.

"After we entered the prison, we waited patiently for reinforcements. I have sent a letter to Wang Zhi, and he will lead the army to support us in a few days," said Zhao Jing.

When everyone heard this, their confidence doubled.