bastard returns

The carriage quickly carried Murong Cheng back to the palace. When he got here, he was not in a hurry anymore. He got out of the car slowly and was supported by his servants back to the room. He ordered hot water to be prepared and took a comfortable bath. It was only when the strength of the wine had gone for three or four minutes that he changed into clean clothes, led two followers, and walked slowly towards the courtyard where Su Che lived.

Since Su Che got his fancy, he was naturally allocated a small courtyard not far from his bedroom, but when he arrived in the small courtyard full of expectations, he was told by the servants in the courtyard that Su Che was not in the room right now. inside.

After careful questioning, it turned out that Su Che thought that he would have a drink tonight and would not come back all night, so he took advantage of the moonlight to go for a walk in the back garden by himself.

After asking about Su Che's whereabouts, Murong Cheng didn't feel the same way. Instead, he waved his followers away with a wave of his hand, and went to the backyard to look for him by himself.

The back garden of the Prince's Mansion is a very unique place, there is no shortage of small bridges and running water, and the moonlight is so beautiful tonight, if he catches Su Che in the garden, he will be punished on the spot.

Before the flowers and the moon, the beautiful scenery on a good day, and thinking of Su Che's coquettish appearance, who wanted to refuse but still welcome, he was in a hurry, only felt that the between his legs became harder, and he couldn't help speeding up his steps a little.

It's a pity that after he visited the entire back garden, he didn't find Su Che's shadow in it.

Murong Cheng couldn't help becoming suspicious, and finally couldn't help calling out a few times, but no one answered him, and the surroundings were still quiet, except for the rustling insects, and the big moon hanging in the sky, there was nothing else. .

Murong Cheng had a look of surprise and uncertainty on his face, and suddenly realized that Su Che must have run away like last time, but since what happened last time, Murong Cheng has made amends, running around in various places in the mansion. There are additional guards at the gates, so there is no reason for Su Che to run out again with Su Che's ability, not to mention that Su Che has been obedient to himself these days, and it seems that he has no intention of sneaking away.

After thinking for a while, Murong Cheng still walked towards the back door.

In any case, it's always good to go to the back door and have a look.

The back door was still quiet, a few soldiers from the people's mansion were standing by the door, the joysticks were straightened up, nothing unusual, Murong Cheng appeared and asked a few words, those soldiers saw that the county king had arrived, although all of them showed sincerity and fear But they all patted their chests to assure that they had been guarding the door diligently, not even a fly flew out, let alone a living person.

It's no wonder, last time because of Su Che's escape, Murong Cheng got angry with the guards who were on duty at that time, and frightened the people behind him, so he didn't dare not do his best.

Murong Cheng left the back door suspiciously, the muttering in his heart had reached its peak, there was nowhere, where did Su Che go, did he already go back?

Indeed, the back garden is not small, and if you don't pay attention, you may miss it, so he turned back to the garden again, thinking whether to go back to the yard where Su Che lived, and suddenly heard a burst of Very soft talking.

Murong Cheng's eyes lit up first, and then he frowned again. He could hear that part of the conversation belonged to Su Che, but it was so late, and Su Che was hiding in the back garden secretly with something. Meeting people, is it...

The more Murong Cheng thought about it, the more gloomy his face became, and he naturally thought of whether it might be some lunatic in the manor who dared to touch him. He snorted softly and strode towards the source of the sound.

After walking along a small path and around a rockery, Murong Cheng finally saw the two figures he was looking for under a corner of a wall through the shadows of trees.

Su Che stood there, frowning slightly, looking at the person in front of him, and less than three feet away from him, stood another man in black, although his face was covered, but judging from his figure, How do you know it's a man.

Seeing that the appearance of those two people did not seem to be what he imagined, Murong Cheng calmed down a little, and did not startle the snake out of curiosity, so he hid behind a tree and began to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two.

The man in black was obviously not from the county prince's mansion, and he deliberately concealed his voice, only to hear him say to Su Che angrily: "What do you mean now, you don't agree to such a good thing!"

"That's right, I will never join forces with you, don't let me do anything that is not good for the county king!" Su Che obviously ignored the anger of the man in black, "Don't come to me again, Get out of the county prince's mansion right now, otherwise you won't be able to leave if I call for you!"

"Su Che, why are you doing this?" The man in black seemed to be hard-pressed, and his tone slowed down, "Now I have to see the queen mother personally, and you are liked by the county king again. As long as you and I are of the same mind, what else is there for us?" If you can't get it, as long as you help me poison the county king, I will naturally have a way to restrain the Queen Mother Xia, let alone the glory and wealth, what do you want in this Great Xia?

Hearing the word "poison", Murong Cheng's face darkened, but soon Su Che's reaction made his eyebrows relax again, and the man in black said "Father Emperor", even though his figure didn't look like him, he still couldn't bear it. Murong Cheng immediately guessed his identity.

This damned Sikong Xu is actually so vicious and thinking of revenge, if you weren't the king of this county, you were just a dog on the side of the road!

"Go ahead and dream about your Spring and Autumn Dream!" Su Che obviously disdain what the man in black said, and scoffed unceremoniously: "I have already said, I will never do anything harmful to the county king no matter what." When it comes to things, you are too good at wishful thinking, and you still want to restrain the queen mother, what a wise person the queen mother is, who will be fooled by you? Don't choose the wrong path!"

"The Queen Mother is wise? Hahaha..." The man in black suddenly giggled, "This is really a big joke. To tell you the truth, the Queen Mother is a stupid woman who claims to be smart, but she was deceived by me with a single lie." It's really ridiculous to believe that Yanzhou actually has some refined iron ore."

"What did you say?" Su Che showed a puzzled and shocked expression, "You actually lied to the queen mother? What does it mean? What does it mean? Why don't I know?" It seemed that he didn't know anything about what the man in black mentioned. know the same.

"Hmph, you short-sighted kid, you don't eat or drink fine wine when you toast, there are many things you don't know." The man in black laughed twice, "Forget it, since you don't want to cooperate with me, you must be loyal to me with all your heart." Your county king, I will treat you as a toast and not eat fine wine, when the time comes when I am in power, don't kneel in front of me to beg for mercy!"

After finishing speaking, the man in black snorted coldly again, and then performed lightness kung fu, jumped over the wall and left.

Murong Cheng, who was hiding behind the tree, opened his mouth wide in shock from what he heard. The Empress Dowager Xia never disclosed the matter of the refined iron ore to anyone, so Murong Cheng didn't know, but he also realized that he It should be that he heard some terrible secret, this Sikong Xu is so bold and ambitious, and wants to poison himself, he must tell his queen mother all the time.

But before that, he really didn't expect that Su Che would be so single-minded towards him, completely ignoring the threats and temptations of his old friend, which really moved him very much, but he didn't go out suddenly like this, which would frighten Su Che, so he still pressed He still retreated slowly according to the same route, and then quickly returned to the back door, ordering those personal soldiers to dispatch immediately to arrest the man in black.

If someone can get the stolen goods at the same time, he must torture Sikong Xu severely and ask him what the hell he is up to.

It's a pity that the man in black seems to be very good at lightness. The soldiers searched around the palace, but they didn't even find him. Murong Cheng felt a pity that even if he knew who he was, if he didn't arrest him on the spot, You can only let him go.

At the same time, in a place that Murong Cheng couldn't even imagine, a vigorous black figure sneaked up to the post house very stealthily, jumped over the wall, sneaked into Ning Yuan's room, and saw Ning Yuan sitting at the table Waiting for him, he pulled off the mask covering his face, revealing Zhou Shi's face.

"Is it going well?" Ning Yuan had long been impatient with the wait, and immediately asked when he saw the person turned back safely.

"Don't worry, young master. I've always been careful. I asked myself that I didn't show any flaws, and I wasn't followed by anyone." Zhou Shi smiled relaxedly. I actually squatted on the corner of the wall for a long time, and was almost spotted by several passing guards."

"Since Su Che can set this time, he is sure of the whereabouts of King Jincheng, otherwise he will not be indiscriminate." Ning Yuan nodded, "Now we have done everything we need to do. Next, let's look at Hu Yanna's whereabouts." side action."

"Brother Huyan has the help of His Majesty Emperor Xia, so if you think about it, there won't be any troubles. Don't worry, young master." Zhou Shi seemed to have great confidence in Huyan Yuanchen. After bowing and saluting, he withdrew.

Ning Yuan felt drowsy as he waited for Zhou Shi to stay all the way until now, knowing that he could not interfere with Huyan Yuanchen's arrangement, so he didn't bother to think about it, went to the bedside, undressed and went to bed.

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Empress Dowager Xia sat by the desk, frowning as she looked at a letter in her hand.

The letter paper is not big, and it is crumpled. It can be seen that it should be crumpled into a very small ball before unfolding. Not far from the table, a dead pigeon is lying curled up There, there was still an arrow that was still bloodstained on his body.

Not far from the table case, the old eunuch is still holding hands.

"Is this letter really from General Li?" Empress Dowager Xia asked the eunuch, looking away from the letter paper.

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, it was indeed delivered by General Li himself." The eunuch said: "General Li has always been the Empress Dowager's confidant, and things passed through his hands. Presumably they are not fake, but I don't know what was written on the letter. What?" After speaking, the eunuch looked at Empress Dowager Xia curiously.

In the end, the Empress Dowager Xia just sneered, and her fingers painted in Kouhong suddenly curled up, and she squeezed the letter paper tightly.