Wind and Rain Empire

Blue General's Mansion

Lan Xueyi stood in the yard looking at the sky, Zi Linglong passed by the porch, looking at Lan Xueyi's back

Zi Linglong stepped forward slowly, hugging Lan Xueyi from behind

"General, please allow Rong Linglong to be self-willed for a moment, how about calling you Xueyi?"

Lan Xueyi turned around and looked at Zi Linglong

"Well, it's up to you, I want to ask you something too"

"Sister Xueyi, may I ask?"

"Linglong, do you want to enter the palace?"

Zi Linglong shakes her head

"Linglong never thought of entering the palace"

"Then have you ever thought about getting married?"

"Ever since seeing cousin Chu Yun leave with her own eyes, Linglong has been recalling that scene in her heart all the time. Thinking of him, why would she still want to marry?"

"What do you want?"

Zi Linglong was stunned by this question

"Linglong, I... I don't know what I really want, but I just think that I can live an ordinary life with you, sister Xueyi every day."

Lan Xueyi supported Zi Linglong's shoulders

"Linglong, I also hope so, but often things don't happen as we hoped, we need to face some practical problems, for example, what will you do if I go back to Daying? After all, I only stay in the capital 1, 2 months, and it’s hard to say when you’ll come back. Are you going to wait for me? Just waste your youth as my servant and stay here? Also, you are not allowed to bring relatives, that is, women, in the camp. Impossible to come with me. (Pause) So all these issues need to be considered"

Zi Linglong took two steps back

"Linglong understands what the general means, let Linglong think about it (run back to the house)"

She ran back to the house and sat on the couch thinking, but she couldn't figure out how to go about her future

"Let's resign ourselves to fate..."

Inside the Prime Minister's Mansion

Zhang Tianyu and Zhang Haisheng sit face to face and play Go, Zhang Tianyu has a better move

Zhang Haisheng praised

"Well, Tianyu's chess move is not bad, it would be great if my father found out sooner."

"Thank you father for the compliment, the child is young and immature, he is not as sophisticated as his father"

"Don't worry, don't worry, Tianyu will be young at the age of being a father"

Zhang Tianyu changed the subject

"The conversation my father had with Mr. Cao when he was in the court was very subtle, and the emperor sent him out at the slightest mention of the emperor."

"Being a father is also following the emperor's will. Cao Ke has many enemies with others. The reason is that he and Lan Anguo once planned to make Chuan'er, the son of the virtuous concubine, as the prince and then submit to the Kingdom of Jin. This is a disaster. There are many people."

Zhang Tianyu finds it funny

"Establish Prince Chenfeng as the crown prince? Was the prince just born that year?"

Zhang Hai sighed

"That's right, I don't know how many years it will take to make him the crown prince. Lan Anguo is a little smarter than Cao Ke, so he gave up early, but he offended the golden man who was in contact with him, because of the relationship between them. I don’t know how much information was exchanged, so how can the Jin people manage so much, and they will get rid of Lan Anguo first. As for Cao Ke, he also indirectly offended the Jin people. assassinated"

Zhang Tianyu is puzzled

"Then why on earth did Prime Minister Lan collude with the golden man? Didn't he do a good job as prime minister?"

Zhang Haisheng shook his head

"Who knows then?"

Zhang Tianyu plays chess again

"But it's really dangerous. One is the current prime minister, and the other is in charge of the Privy Council. The two of them almost became thieves of the country."

"That's right, it's time to boast about the current saint, and there is still a lot to do at the critical moment."

Zhang Tiancheng, who was hiding and eavesdropping, was shocked after hearing this, and hurried out the door

At this time, in the Blue General's Mansion

Lan Xueyi was reading in the study when she heard Zi Linglong talking to someone outside

Knock on the door: dong dong dong

Lan Xueyi got up impatiently, and rushed out the door to ask

"Who?"

Zi Linglong's voice came through the door

"General, Zhang Tiancheng asks to see you"

Lan Xueyi rolled her eyes, thinking

"It's this idiot again (saying a sentence) missing!"

Zhang Tiancheng yelled through the door

"Xueyi, no, General Lan, Caomin has something to report!"

"The general doesn't want to hear anything from you"

"Oh, please open the door, it's about your father, the general!"

Lan Xueyi stood up, opened the door, Zhang Tiancheng and Zi Linglong entered

"You'd better sum it up in one sentence"

Zhang Tiancheng raised his head and thought for a while, then shook his head

"It is estimated that it cannot be summed up"

"Then tell me quickly"

Zhang Tiancheng was panting

"Can I ask for a cup of tea first? I ran from home to you"

Lan Xueyi folded her arms and stared at Zhang Tiancheng

Zhang Tiancheng looked at Lan Xueyi's impatient look, and waved his hand

"Then... no need"

Lan Xueyi looked at Zi Linglong

"Linglong, go get him a cup of tea."

"Yes, General"

Zi Linglong back down

Zhang Tiancheng looked around, found a chair and sat down, Lan Xueyi stepped on Zhang Tiancheng's stool

Lan Xueyi smiled, and slowly said to him

"Aren't you in a hurry?"

Zhang Tiancheng patted his head

"Yeah, but I'm waiting for the tea"

Lan Xueyi said angrily

"If you don't have tea, don't you say it? Say it quickly! Otherwise, I won't be able to drink tea for the rest of your life!"

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, this is what my father said when he was playing chess with Tianyu. I stood by and eavesdropped, and they just..."

"Talk to the point"

Zhang Tiancheng went all out

"Your father and Cao Ke conspired to rebel and usurp the country, but they failed to offend the Jin man and were killed by the Jin man."

Lan Xueyi thought about this logical relationship for a while

"From which angle do you think this sentence you said makes sense?"

"It's not what I said, it's what my father said"

"Your father is talking nonsense!"

Zhang Tiancheng is ready to get up

"Why are you..."

Seeing that Lan Xueyi was ready to beat him up at any time, Zhang Tiancheng was so cowardly that he sat down obediently

Lan Xueyi put her feet off the stool, Zi Linglong brought tea in and handed it to Zhang Tiancheng

Lan Xueyi muttered in a low voice

"Looks like I have to ask Cao Ke for clarification (to Zi Linglong) Linglong, I'm going out, you and Zhang Tiancheng will stay at his house for a night."

Zi Linglong and Zhang Tiancheng sing in unison

"What? I'm going to stay at his house for one night? / She's going to stay at my house for one night?"

"That's right, for safety's sake, Linglong, it's not safe for you to stay here alone. If something happens to his house, at least there are three idiots in his house as a shield."

Zhang Tiancheng is dissatisfied

"Hey, what are three idiots?"

Lan Xueyi looked at Zhang Tiancheng

"Do you need me to explain? Your father, you, and your brother, (pointing to Zi Linglong at Zhang Tiancheng) Look, he doesn't even know what an idiot is."

Then she took the map out of the cabinet

"If you follow the order that Cao Ke said in the early court today, the nearest one is Xinzhou. Fortunately, there is only one official road out of the city, so I will go here to intercept him (Put away the map, to Zhang Tiancheng) If you are still a man, just take care of yourself." Protect Linglong"

Lan Xueyi grabbed the saber and slung it on his waist, and ran out quickly

Zi Linglong ran forward a few steps worried, and called out

"General, be careful!"

Zhang Tiancheng stepped forward and said to Zi Linglong

"Miss Zi, listen to General Lan and stay at my house for one night."

Zi Linglong looked at Zhang Tiancheng, and followed him out of the study

Reception Hall in the Prime Minister's Mansion

Zi Linglong looked around, Zhang Tiancheng brought in a lantern

Zi Linglong asked in a low voice

"Master Zhang, why don't you light the lamp?"

Zhang Tiancheng whispered, looking around

"I'm afraid my dad will find out, it's too late now, he doesn't even know I've gone out"

Zi Linglong continued to whisper

"But is there any difference between lighting a lantern and lighting a lamp?"

Zhang Tiancheng thought for a while, then answered in a low voice

"There is no difference (smell, ask Zi Linglong) Do you smell something baked?"

Zi Linglong normal volume

"I not only smell but see, your lantern is on fire"

Zhang Tiancheng was burned and yelled

"Ah~!"

He threw the lantern and the curtains caught fire

Zi Linglong is anxious for Zhang Tiancheng

"Oh, what are you doing! (Take off your coat and start a fire)"

Zhang Haisheng passed by with a light on to visit

"Tian Cheng, you don't sleep at night (screaming when you discover a fire)! It's water, it's water! (Knocked over his own lamp to the ground in a panic)"

Zi Linglong had just extinguished one side, but when she saw that the other side was on fire again, she ran to the other side to put out the fire, while yelling to stop Zhang Haisheng from yelling

"What kind of water does such a small fire go, don't scream!"

As soon as the words fell, the servants of the prime minister's mansion lived in the parlor outside, and poured water into the room from the front, back, left, and right, and the three people in the room were instantly drowned.

After the incident, Zhang Haisheng, Zhang Tiancheng, and Zi Linglong were each wrapped in a quilt and sat in a row in the burned-out living room.

Zhang Tianyu reprimanded

"Look at what you guys are doing at night (Ask Zi Linglong) Who else are you?"

Reply by Zhang Tiancheng

"She, she is Xueyi's sister, Xueyi went out and asked me to take care of her"

Zhang Haisheng is angry

"What? Why did you go to see that man again?"

Zhang Tiancheng is not convinced

"I just went to see her, what's the matter!"

Zi Linglong heard Zhang Haisheng speak ill of Lan Xueyi, so she defended Lan Xueyi

"Prime Minister Zhang, would you please show some respect to our general?"

three people quarrel

Zhang Tianyu was furious

"That's enough! How old are you? After burning down a house like this, you still feel noisy! (yawns, dizzy from sleepiness) No, I'm going to bed, and you guys should go to bed early too"

Zi Linglong's inner monologue

"It's really the same as sister Xueyi said, a family of three idiots"

Zhang Haisheng hands over to Zi Linglong

"Thanks to you today, miss, otherwise the old man's house might have been burned down by this rebellious son."

"Why are you talking about me again? It's obvious that the fire in the back was made by you, okay?"

"If you didn't set the fire before, how could your father and I add another fire?"

Zi Linglong was speechless to these two

"It's alright, it's alright, don't make noise, go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep"

"It might be safer to stay in the General's Mansion..." Zi Linglong thought

three separate

At night, an inn by the river is on the only way for Cao Ke and his party

There are 4 men in white lurking on the tree not far away, watching a group of men in black slowly surround the inn

In one of the inn's rooms, a guard walks towards Cao Ke who is sitting

"My lord, we have checked up and down this inn, and there is no suspicious person."

Cao Ke nodded

"That's good, that's good"

"But, my lord, don't you think that the guard team of 50 people is too many? The upstairs and downstairs are full of guards."

Cao Ke waved

"Hey, not too many, my lord is a first-rank official of the imperial court, this number is nothing"

The man in black climbed up from the window outside the room and blew poisonous arrows into the window

The guards in Cao Ke's room fell to the ground. Cao Ke was so frightened that he hid under the table trembling when he saw it.

Three black-clothed assassins climbed through the window, slashed on the table, the table was cut in half, and Cao Ke was exposed in front of the three

Cao Ke held his head, his face full of fear, nervously

"The good man spares his life, the good man spares his life, spare me, I will give you everything... (blowing ashes at the man in black)"

Cao Ke ran downstairs in a hurry and met the guard who came to rescue them. They were startled. Cao Ke punched the guard on the head.

"Bastard! The assassins ran upstairs, why did you come here? I almost died."

The guards rushed upstairs to fight the assassins

Not far from the inn

Lan Xueyi rode a fast horse, stepped lightly on the horse's back, jumped up, stepped on the branch, turned around and flew to the upper floor of the inn, this scene was seen by the four men in white on the tree

Men in white 1 tell other men in white

"An unknown person broke in"

Lan Xueyi stepped on the tiles and ran, the guard below stabbed the roof with a knife, she had to roll to avoid, already speechless

"This skill is so bad that I don't even know where the real assassin is."

Landing on the verandah on the second floor, seeing Cao Ke watching the fun, Lan Xueyi went over and patted him

Cao Ke was taken aback and turned around

Lan Xueyi hands up

"Lord Cao, please stay safe."

Cao Ke didn't know why he suddenly put up the official score

"Ahem, who are you?"

"I'm Lan Xueyi, I'm here to ask Mr. Cao something."

"Just ask"

"I want to know how my dad died"

Cao Ke stroked his beard, leaned closer and looked at Lan Xueyi

"Who is your father?"

Lan Xueyi was furious, drew out her saber, and pressed Cao Ke against the railing

"My father is Lan Anguo, you bastard, tell me quickly, or I'll kill you"

Cao Ke asked nervously

"Lan... Lan Anguo? Lan Anguo... He, isn't he dead?"

Lan Xueyi put the sword on Cao Ke's neck

"Just to ask you how he died"

Cao Ke hurriedly answered

"He, he was killed by the golden man, it has nothing to do with me (quickly waved his hand)"

"Why did the golden man kill him?"

"Hey, I said big brother, oh, no, no, miss, he was looking for me from the very beginning... (Shouting to the guard) Hurry up and save me!"

Lan Xueyi saw that it was a guard who was slashing at her, so he kicked him away, and then the sword remained on Cao Ke's neck, and Lan Xueyi carried him downstairs

"You still dare to call for help?"

So Lan Xueyi grabbed Cao Ke while fighting with the man in black and the guards

Cao Ke was being carried around by Lan Xueyi, almost dizzy

"My good aunt, I beg you, I am dizzy... dizzy, stop spinning"

Lan Xueyi Fury

"Then speak up!"

Cao Ke started to get confused

"What are you talking about?"

"Do you not want to live at all?"

Cao Ke is about to cry

"I want to! I want to!"

"Why did the golden man kill my father!"

"because of him……"

Before Cao Ke finished speaking, he was kicked into the lake by the black-clothed assassin

Lan Xueyi is out of anger

"Why do you guys like to interrupt me to ask questions? It seems that you can't do it if you don't clean up!"

Lan Xueyi fought with the men in black, with a spinning swordsmanship, the masks of the two men in black were torn apart, it was a man and a woman

The male assassin was beaten to the ground, and the female assassin's arm was cut by a sword, and she went to help the male assassin in pain

The female assassin lifted the male assassin and looked at Lan Xueyi

"Brother, let's fight him."

male assassin raising hand

"No, today is not the time"

Lan Xueyi turned his back to the two

"The general has no time to talk to you today, get out!"

The male and female assassins were taken away by another masked assassin, while the guards jumped into the river to retrieve Cao Ke

Lan Xueyi arches his hands towards the tree

"Four good guys, why don't you come down now that you're here? The white clothes are too conspicuous, let's change in the future."

Four men in white flew down the tree, four against one, while Lan Xueyi looked at the four vigilantly.

The man in white 1 gave an order, "Go!" The four immediately rushed towards Lan Xueyi.

Lan Xueyi dodged among the four of them in an orderly manner, inflicted minor injuries on three of them, and pointed the sword at the throat of the white-clothed man 1.

The man in white 1 has a slightly dissatisfied tone

"Hmph, today we are in the hands of masters, and it's worth living in vain. You can do it!"

When Lan Xueyi heard the voice of man in white 1, he was stunned for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, he saw a red pattern on the hat of man in white 1.

Lan Xueyi asked immediately

"Did you save Prime Minister Lan's daughter 12 years ago?"

The man in white 1 was also taken aback

"What are you asking about this?"

"Because I want to know who killed him"

"The golden men killed those black-clothed assassins just now."

Lan Xueyi was puzzled, "Why did you kill him?"

Men in White 1 Explained

"We don't know the reason, we were just ordered to protect his family"

Lan Xueyi continued to ask

"Then why?"

After the white-clothed man 1 answered "I don't know" hastily, he fell forward and his neck was tied to Lan Xueyi's sword, and he died on the spot.

The other three men in white swallowed poison and committed suicide

Lan Xueyi pulled the sword angrily, flicked the blood, put the sword back into its sheath

Cao Ke, who fell into the river, was rescued from the river by the guards, fell into a coma, and was carried into the inn by the guards