crime of heart

"His Royal Highness, can you come and sit with me?" Regardless of the obstruction of the servants around him, Yuan Shizi was very enthusiastic, "I always wanted to hear what my father did in the military camp every day, but he always said it was a secret. You can’t tell me. Now, while he’s not here, His Royal Highness, can you tell me secretly?”

The childish words made Bai Qingyan's eyes astringent.The child probably didn't know that his father would never come back. ,

"Okay." G

Seeing the vigilance in the eyes of other people in the prison car, Bai Qingyan did not enter the prison car.Instead, he sat on the shaft of the car and told the child two things.

Not far away, Wang Wan was riding on a horse.Seeing that Bai Qingyan was finally willing to sit down, he also heaved a sigh of relief.But when he looked up at the weather, Wang Wan couldn't help but feel worried—heavy clouds were coming over him. It might be a dark moon and no stars tonight, which was the most suitable weather for the snow wolf to attack.I don't know if tonight can pass without incident?

At this moment, Ji Ning also looked up at the sky.There were several deep nicks between his brows.But soon he lowered his head, jumped off the horse, and walked into Ran Chen's carriage.

Ran Chen had already changed into his nightgown, and his hair was loose, as if he was going to sleep.But when Ji Ning broke in, he was still sitting behind the desk, resting his chin on one hand, as if he was waiting for someone. ,

"General Ji is here?" Seeing Ji Ning, he laughed, "I've been waiting for a long time." "You knew I would come?"

"If you can hold your breath, you might come tomorrow. But you won't stop." Ran Chen looked down at his fingertips, and said casually, "After all, even Bai Qingyan came yesterday. "

"So what? Whether he comes or not, what does it matter to me?

Ran Chen smiled, lowered his head and fiddled with his teapot.

"General Ji, would you like a cup of hot tea?" Ran Chen poured himself a cup, poured another cup, and handed it to the boy.He waved his hand, and the servant gave the cup to Ji Ning.But Ji Ning didn't even look at it, his eyes were heavy, he only looked at the sky outside the window. ,

"I heard people say that after staying in the snow for a long time, the cold air penetrated into the bones, and the heat dissipated without a touch of heat, but it won't work." Ran Chen still smiled, "General Ji really won't have a drink? Yesterday's banquet It's gone, in the snow, your delay is not short."

"No need."

"That's right. General Ji is strong in martial arts, and he wasn't injured. And he wasn't sitting in a prison car in the ice and snow. Even if he was cold, it wasn't a big deal.

"Don't pretend to be a ghost with me here, and play tricks on mysteries." Ji Ning's tone became cold, "I haven't settled the matter with you about Bai Qingyan yesterday!"

"Bai Qingyan's matter? So that's why you made a big fuss at my banquet?" Ran Chen looked innocent, seeing that Ji Ning was furious, "It turns out that General Ji is such a lover."

"What are you talking about? It's ridiculous! Bai Qingyan is just a slave of Yuyao." Having said this, Ji Ning's tone became even darker.

Shen, "But even if you are a slave, you are still my slave, Ji Ning! Ran Chen, I advise you to stop thinking about him__you hooked up with him five times and three times, what exactly do you want to do!"

"What do I want to do, General Ji, don't you know?"

Ji Ning didn't expect Ran Chen to say that.There was some doubt in his expression.Ran Chen smiled and continued,

"Of course he has what I want in his hands, so I want him."

"what you want"

"Of course, I have something he wants in my hand. Prince Yuyao and I really hit it off, General Ji, don't you think so?"

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"But if General Ji is willing to bring me what I want, I don't have to take your Bai Qingyan away."

Ji Ning's expression turned ugly, but Ran Chen didn't allow him to speak this time,

"General Ji, don't deny it. It's pointless to emphasize that he is just a slave. After all, today you came to find me, not me. Even if Bai Qingyan is just a slave, he is still an important slave in your heart. You still care about__why he is willing to come to me, and what does he want to ask me for?"

As Ran Chen spoke, he looked carefully at Ji Ning's face. ,

One by one, did Ji Ning know that Bai Qingyan's body was poisoned by the cold, and he was already near the end of his life?No, although Ji Ning's face was cold, he was not very anxious.Then, Ji Ning may not know about the cold poison. ,

But that's okay too.Ran Chen thought, one day, Ji Ning will come to beg him for this matter. ,

Thinking that he also has the biggest handle in his hands, Ran Chen became more calm.On the contrary, Ji Ning was a little impatient. ,

"Ran Chen, if you have anything to say, just say it."

"Don't worry, just wait a little longer." Ran Chen smiled slightly, and pushed the teacup over again

"General Ji, don't you really want a cup of hot tea?"

This time, Ji Ning was kind and generous, picked up the teacup, and drank it down in one gulp.Before the cup was put down, Long Ye pushed open the car door and presented a letter to Ran Chen.

Almost at the same time, one of Ji Ning's personal soldiers also pushed open the door loudly and reported to Ji Ning loudly,

"Report to General! The brothers who were guarding Master Li's car came to report! Sure enough, as the general expected, several of Master Li's personal soldiers were called over overnight! The brother who was in ambush was stopped, and two letters were intercepted from his arms. Look, general, they are all here."

Ji Ning took the letter from the soldier and quickly scanned it.The letter was short and dripping with ink, and it was obvious that the writer was very anxious.Ji Ning snorted coldly after watching,

"Master Li is really very nervous. Not only did he write the letter overnight, but he couldn't even wait for the ink to dry completely. He had to send the letter out. It was obviously the same content, so two people had to be sent to send it separately—this is Are you afraid that the letter will not be delivered?"

"Master Li is really scared out of his wits. I really didn't expect him to send rescuers so soon."

"You didn't expect that?" Ji Ning laughed out loud. "Ran Chen, if you didn't expect, what was in the secret letter that Long Ye sent you just now? Could it be that you sent someone to wait outside the door overnight and intercepted the contents of the letter? Maybe Even the news that the messenger fell into my hands is in the secret letter in your hand!"

"Oh, General Ji is really good at predicting things, you guessed it all." Ji Ning said it out, but Ran Chen didn't feel the slightest bit strange.Playing with the teapot in his hand, he poured a cup out of his own cup and pushed it to Tatsuno, "I have been guarding in the snow for half a day, are you cold? Come, warm yourself up."

He was just teasing Tatsuno.After all, Tatsuno was just his chief bodyguard, and he was so serious on weekdays.He expected that Tatsuno would definitely reject the cup used by the lord. ,

But who would have thought that Long Ye would stare at him fixedly, and instead of picking it up, he bent down, held the cup in his mouth, and drank the tea clean.

There were still drops of water on his lips, and he stretched out his tongue to lick them all.Then I thanked Ran Chen in his ear,

"My subordinate Xie Ran supervises the military reward."

For some reason, Ran Chen was at a loss for words.I can't even say a word of teasing on my lips.He stared blankly at Long Ye, but found that his expression was indifferent, and he had already retreated.

"So, Ran Jianjun, what are you planning to do?

"Ah." Ran Chen was brought back to his senses by Ji Ning's questioning.His eyes lingered on Tatsuno's face for a while, he collected himself,

"Of course I want to cooperate with you."

"Cooperation?" Ji Ning snorted. "Cooperate with what?"

Ran Chen pointed at the secret letter just now, and slowly pushed it in front of Ji Ning. ,

"Lord Li has already gone to rescue the soldiers. As soon as the rescuers arrive, he might immediately arrest Bai Qingyan and send them to my imperial brother's harem. It just so happens that I don't really want this to happen, I guess Ji The same goes for the general. So you see, can we work together?"

"That's it?" Ji Ning looked at Ran Chen suspiciously, "Jian Jun Ran, I don't see any benefit to you in this matter."

"Of course it's good for me. What's more, this is just a preliminary cooperation." Ran Chen said slowly, "What's more, General Ji, as long as you want to save Bai Qingyan's life, you have to do this."

Save Bai Qingyan's life

This sentence happened to hit Ji Ning's heart.Last night, Bai Qingyan would rather risk her life than leave herself and run to mingle with those Yuyao bastards.Whenever Ji Ning thinks of this, his heart feels like a knife is stirring. ,

He's going to kill himself, why should I protect him?If you want to die, let him die!

Ji Ning thought bitterly, but for some reason, just associating that person with the word "death", his chest felt so oppressed, his heart almost stopped beating.Could it be that I still have a little nostalgia for him in the "mountain, and. 氵, evening"?Ji Ning, Ji Ning, you are really cheap!

He only cared about the surge in his heart, but he didn't know that Ran Chen on the opposite side was staring at him.Ran Chen's face is still calm, but his palms are full of sweat__How much does Ji Ning care about Bai Qingyan?He wasn't even sure.What if Ji Ning didn't care about Bai Qingyan's life or death?After all, it is too risky to ask Ji Ning to help him at the risk of deceiving the emperor.

Would Ji Ning really take such a big risk for Bai Qingyan?In his eyes, would Bai Qingyan be more important than his own life?

Ran Chen didn't know.Although he had always believed so—or rather, he hoped so. ,

This is a gamble, if he guesses wrong, as long as a memorial is sent to this general who is deeply favored by the emperor, Ran Chen will end up wishing for death.Ran Chen shuddered violently when he thought of those instruments of tormenting the dead in Brother Huang's hands.

He decided to push Ji Ning again.

"It is a crime of deceiving the emperor to intercept the secret letter of the imperial envoy. You risked the crime of punishing the nine clans and did such a big deed, isn't it to keep

Bai Qingyan's fate? "

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Ran Chen picked up a jujube and put it in his mouth.Pretending to casually glance at Ji Ning's face, he continued. ,

"Looking at it this way, I'm overthinking it. That's fine, let him fend for himself. In your words, General Ji, he's just a lost dog.

National slave.Dead and alive, who cares?Anyway, you, General Ji, don't care, do you? "

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Before Ji Ning could answer, Ran Chen spoke again,

"At first, I thought that with my brother's style, the love potion in the palace and the utensils that torment the dead would be easy to bring in alone, and I'm afraid they would be rubbed away in a few days. Speaking of which, I heard that the emperor Brother newly got some kind of wooden shackle, people press it and it is completely locked, you can’t move at all. You can do whatever you want, it’s very convenient. He became interested in Danqing a few days ago, and tied a court lady to it , have you heard about the whole landscape painting carved on her body with a small knife?"

At the end of Ran Chen's speech, Ji Ning looked as if he wanted to eat people.But Ran Chen didn't seem to see it, nuzui spat out the date pit and continued talking,

"My, it's just a pity that Prince Yuyao is such a romantic person. I don't know that in the hands of my imperial brother, he can't survive for three months. He can be regarded as a hero. Seeing him end up like this is really a bit embarrassing." I feel sorry for General Ji Ji, don't you?"

"Ran Jianjun, are you really not afraid of self-defeating when you plot against me like this?" Ji Ning's eyes almost overflowed with coldness, "You really think that you are His Majesty's younger brother, so I dare not kill you?"

"Of course you dare. But you won't kill me."

Ran Chen sat up straight

"Because killing me is equivalent to killing Bai Qingyan at the same time."

"Is it?"

"You don't believe it? Then you have a try. If you win the bet, everyone will be happy. If you lose the bet," the symptoms of cold poison in Luming Mountain Pass flashed in Ran Chen's mind

However, when he spoke again, there was a bit of coldness in his voice, "You have to look at your white and clear face, in pain in front of your eyes for seven to forty-nine days, and finally toss and toss beyond human form, vomit blood and die."

"I,,

"Of course, maybe it won't last that long. If General Ji wasn't so ruthless, he would definitely have given him a knife in advance to save him from suffering.

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