miscalculation

In the middle of the night, He Xu received a report from the patrolling officers and soldiers that there was a group of black-clothed men fighting with a white-clothed swordsman in the west of the city. He only heard that the other party had high martial arts skills, but the origin of the black-clothed men was unknown.They wanted to wait for both sides to lose out in the fight, and then capture him, so that they could be interrogated together.He Xu hurriedly sent someone to invite Ji Lan to come to help, fearing that this group of people would escape.

That team of black-clothed men were all dead soldiers, half of them were beaten to death by the white-clothed swordsman, but they still didn't dare to retreat.The white-clothed swordsman was also extremely brave, and suffered a lot of wounds on his hands, but seeing that his moves were fatal, he spared his life.He Xu couldn't help sighing, seeing the fight between Yun Zhao and Ji Lan a few days ago, it was already extraordinary, I didn't expect there to be such a master.As long as this swordsman in white is not a criminal and has nothing to do with the assassination of the First Prince, he can consider recruiting him.

Ji Lan was originally punished by Ji Langfeng to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors, but He Xu came to ask for official business, so he followed.Who knew that he followed the officers and soldiers only halfway, but saw a group of men in black sneaking past the roof.He ordered those officers and soldiers to capture the men in black together with him, but he didn't care about He Xu's side.

The leading man in black had no choice but to fight with Ji Lan for a long time before he whispered the word "Linhua" in his ear.When Ji Lan heard this, she pretended to miss and let the team escape.He continued to take the officers and soldiers to the place where He Xu invited him, but he didn't expect that things had already changed there.

Seeing that the white-clothed swordsman had killed most of the black-clothed men, He Xu ordered the officers and soldiers to join him, intending to surround two groups of people and bring them back.He didn't expect that a masked man would suddenly appear at this time, together with the man in white, he killed all the remaining men in black, and took the swordsman in white away.He Xu took advantage of the masked man's unpreparedness and stabbed him in the ribs.

He thought in his heart: "What is the origin of this masked man, and why is his figure so familiar?" It's a pity that he didn't think of who it was.

Seeing that everyone had fled and there was only the body of the man in black on the ground, Ji Lan asked, "Brother He, I am late. I met a group of men in black on the road just now, and I was stopped for a while."

He Xu was shocked when he heard this: "What? You also met the man in black just now? Are they in the same group?"

Ji Lan said: "I don't think so. The direction they are going is not this way. I stopped them because I saw their suspicious behavior. There are so many people on the other side. I was anxious, so I didn't get entangled with them."

He Xu saw that his expression was different, and he became suspicious, but he was inconvenient to ask carefully, and said: "It seems that the capital is really not peaceful recently, and the ones I met tonight are all masters, and I have to report to Master Fan tomorrow, it is best to send more people." .Seeing that the New Year is approaching, don’t make a mess. Thank you Brother Ji for your help tonight.”

Ji Lan made a bow and said, "I'm late, I can't help you, I can't stand this thank you. I just don't know the origin of the swordsman in white and the masked man."

He Xu said: "You can't tell even when it's dark, but there are so many masters suddenly appearing in the capital, you really need to be more careful. Brother Ji can go back to the house and talk about it another day."

After Ji Lan saluted, he returned to the mansion and opened the door. Seeing that the light in Ji Langfeng's room was still on, he knocked on the door and said, "Grandfather, haven't you rested yet?"

"Lan'er, come in."

Ji Lan pushed the door open and went in. Seeing that Ji Langfeng was neatly dressed, he hesitated just looking at himself.

"Grandfather, Lan'er wants to ask you something, but I don't know you..."

"Ask, why bother?"

"Is it related to the swordsman in white that Linhua went out to act tonight?"

"Yes."

Linhua is a group of people specially selected by Ji Langfeng. Ji Lan never asks what they do on weekdays.Even if he didn't ask, he knew that these people were his aunt Ji Shufei's sharp weapon to eradicate dissidents.He didn't want to interfere with this, and Ji Langfeng never let him intervene, so he kept turning a blind eye.

Recalling that Jing Kong once told him that Concubine Ji Shu had poisoned Xiao Liang, he felt bad.Xiao Liang is usually gentle and generous, and he doesn't seem to have any ambitions, yet his aunt has dealt such a cruel blow to this little child.He has been avoiding these things, but thinking about what happened recently, he finally asked the question in his heart.

"Grandfather, you have warned me since I was a child to be loyal to the emperor and love the country. My father is a hero who died for the country. Why do you and your aunt frame the prince everywhere? Is it okay to be unfaithful and unrighteous for the throne?"

"Bold!" Ji Langfeng shouted.

"If Lan'er said something wrong, please punish him!" Ji Lan knelt down as she spoke.

"Lan'er, you are too naive. In this situation, if you don't fight, you can only die. Do you think Concubine Liu Chen will let us go? Once King Zhao is released from prison, will he let us go?"

"Could it be that you also framed King Zhao?" Ji Lan asked.

"So what? The way to seize the heirloom is to die and live, each according to his own ability."

"What about King Qin? He is still young and doesn't fight with others. Why did my aunt poison him? Now that there is no protection from Concubine Hui and King Wei, why does my aunt still refuse to let him go?" Ji Lan knew he couldn't stop them, but he couldn't understand why they had to kill them all.

"How can things be so simple? All living princes are threats, whether it is King Chen, King Qin, or King Zhao, King Liang, they are all the same!" Ji Langfeng said clearly, with a venomous tone in his tone.

"So, as subjects, should we set up a situation to kill the prince? Shouldn't the throne be decided by the Holy One? If we fight over and over like this, it's tantamount to internal fighting, which is not beneficial to the country."

"Shut up! This is the sorrow of being born in the emperor's family. They can only admit it, and we can only follow along. Although King Zhao was imprisoned, King Yue was also attacked and injured. If we don't do anything, he will Kill us." Ji Langfeng said.

"Don't you have to die and live?"

"Yes." Ji Langfeng said, he paused for a while, looked at Ji Lan and sighed, "I don't want you to participate because you are too upright, but you are too pedantic like you are now. I thought that after a hundred years, you My brother is outside and you are inside. It would be best to glorify my Ji family. But your kindness is really ignorant, it seems that I didn't teach you well. You go down."

"Lan'er take your leave." Ji Lan bowed and retreated, and when she returned to her room, she thought of Xiao Liang.He didn't know how to face Xiao Liang in the future. If Xiao Liang knew that his aunt had poisoned him, and if he knew that King Zhao was framed by his grandfather, but to him, Master Lan, he was a liar.

He instinctively wanted to protect Xiao Liang, he didn't want him to soak in medicinal baths and suffer from poison, and he didn't want him to live in the shadow of seizing the heir after losing his mother and brother.But he had no way to stop all of this. He thought about it for a long time, but there was nothing he could do.

In the current situation, the biggest threat is King Zhao. If King Zhao is really removed, the remaining few princes, King Chen will be fine. The remaining King Liang is a big threat.But he has a speech problem, and the Holy Majesty doesn't seem to care that he sits in the East Palace.The Qin Queen's family has no power, and there will be no troubles in the future.

He lay on the bed, thinking about it all night, until he heard the crowing of cocks outside, and then sighed softly: "Forget it, I will do my best to protect you. I only hope that one day you will not be hostile to your grandfather and aunt."

The author has something to say:

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!I originally wanted to start the double update today, but it seems that I can't change my mind. Think about it, let's stick to the daily update honestly.I've been busy looking for a job recently, and I'm a bit messed up.I thought about changing my pseudonym, but after thinking about it, it is not as good as the current one, which is also amazing.