King's Landing [Rebirth]

Liang Jian met Yan Qingqing as she wished, and in less than a month, the eldest lady who had spoken to them at the palace banquet was quite haggard.Liang Jian came very low-key, with only bodyguards A and B with him, Wuxin was sent by him to escort Xu Ze's children back to Hongye City.

Jincheng's situation was very bad, even though Jiang Shengxue had warned Liang Jian before coming here, it was still far beyond Liang Jian's imagination.On the surface, it seems that this is a very normal main city, where people live and work in peace and contentment, but once the time limit for the ghosts to dissipate passes, demons dance in the streets and alleys.They smashed, looted and burned, and the family members couldn't help themselves and the officers and soldiers were not allowed to do anything, forming a stalemate among each other.

Yan Xu's situation is also very dangerous. Jiang Shengxue told Liang Jian that Jincheng's Linghuan Powder has been tampered with and is different from the original one.The previous Linghuan powder was just addictive, which lowered people's resistance, and it would be very painful when it happened, and they made crazy moves.The current Linghuan powder is more addictive, and after the onset, those people seem to have no pain, become infinitely powerful, and attack people around them indiscriminately.The attack time also lasts for half an hour. After half an hour, they will bleed from the seven orifices and their vitality will decline, but they will not die, but will repeat the attack intermittently until they are completely dead.

There was no antidote for Linghuan Powder, and Jiang Shengxue could only delay their death, but it was a more painful thing for them.Unless they are allowed to continue to take Linghuan Powder, although they will also be exhausted, they can die more comfortably, and their lives will be taken away in the ultimate dream.This also means that those infected with Linghuan San are hopeless, and most of Jincheng will be reduced to a dead city sooner or later.

"There is also a very bad point. The smell of this Linghuan powder after being burned can also make people addicted. This is how the Lord Yan was recruited. But fortunately, it takes a lot of burning and long-term inhalation to be unable to quit. The effect is not as good as taking it directly. So obvious, as long as we are more vigilant, we can still avoid it."

The news brought by Jiang Shengxue was more terrifying than the last one. The country of Min played this move hard enough. They didn't care about the lives of people in the country of Qiutong at all. All they wanted were territories and slaves.

"Too much deceit." Chen Wenyan was very annoyed by this, and wished to lead his troops to fight with the people of Fujian immediately, Jiang Shengxue persuaded him only after he talked about it.Yan Qingqing was afraid that he would be angry when he was idle, so she simply asked him to help share the defense of Jincheng, and finally stabilized him.

With Chen Wenyan's help, Yan Qingqing's burden was reduced, and she could spare some energy to take care of Yan Xu.

Yan Xu was tied to the bed all the time, in order to prevent him from harming himself, a piece of cloth was stuffed in his mouth, and once the effect of the medicine took effect, he could break free with an ordinary hemp rope. Scars from struggling.

Yan Qingqing's eyes were full of awe, the incident happened for so long, even if there was too much unbearable and pain, it has become numb now.Right now, there are only brothers and sisters Liang Jian and Yan Qingqing in front of Yan Xu's sick bed. Yan Qingqing wipes off the blood stains on Yan Xu's body with a soaked cloth towel, looking at the black and swollen wounds on his wrists and ankles, with a cold expression It's like looking at someone who has nothing to do with it, but the movements of the hands are getting softer.

"Master Liang, I want to make a deal with you."

"Miss Yan, the matter of Linghuan San is not only a predicament for you Jincheng, in fact, our Hongye City also has losses to varying degrees. I am here this time to join hands with you to suppress this matter. Both parties will contribute a part Strength, it's not a deal." Liang Jian would not take advantage of others' dangers, especially the crisis of a girl's family.Yan Qingqing looked only eighteen|nine years old, and she was about the same age as Sheng Xue.

A little smile appeared on Yan Qingqing's face, she had listened too much.After Yan Xu's fall, she supported the city with a girl's family and experienced too many looting, so she didn't pay much attention to Liang Jian's words.

"I only make deals, you might as well listen to my deal before making a decision." Yan Qingqing put down the cloth towel in her hand, looked up at Liang Jian, her eyes were firm and decisive: "Hongye City has many mountains and dense forests, just find someone with little smoke. It is not a problem to place tens of thousands of people in secret, and it is easy to station troops. But there is no impenetrable wall in this world, and the risks to be taken can be imagined. You are a smart man, Lord Liang. I have the right to participate in and discuss politics now, so I can Giving you a hand is worse than setting up troops privately. This deal is not a loss for you."

Liang Jian squinted her eyes, her expression suddenly became dangerous, and even Jiang Shengxue looked sideways in surprise.

"Miss Yan, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course I know," Yan Qingqing looked excitedly, looked straight into Liang Jian's eyes, and said without fear, "Master Liang, in my opinion, you have no choice, because Qing Sijian's prophecy will drive you to a dead end sooner or later .Rumors are better than knives to kill people. No one cares about you now because they are still waiting for the time. Once the time is right, you will be the target of the storm. I don’t think you are the one who will sit still, You should know better than me."

Yan Qingqing's mother died amid unwarranted rumors, and she knew better than anyone else how terrible the rumors were.Three people become tigers, and everyone talks about money. Although Liang Jian escaped safely in the palace that day, those malicious eyes secretly never disappeared.Yan Qingqing could clearly see that Li Yu had ulterior motives in rewarding the phoenix-headed harp.

The strings of the harp are moving, and the phoenix is ​​coming to the world, these eight characters are simply a reminder for death, those people will not let it go.As long as Liang Jian doesn't want to be a pawn on the chessboard, he must prepare for the worst.

"Could it be that my face of a rebellious official and a traitor made Ms. Yan misunderstand me and think that I have to support myself?" Liang Jian was amused by Yan Qingqing's words. His current situation really let others know his hand. With military power, he died faster.

Liang Jian's denial was expected by Yan Qingqing, she was not discouraged, instead she laughed and said: "After hearing my sincerity, Liang Jian, why not listen to my conditions. I don't ask much, I just want to Survive and have a safe place in this troubled world."

Yan Xu's situation can't get better. Yan Qingqing, a weak woman, is like a boundless duckweed in this world. She needs to cling to a stronger force to survive.Even as a dodder, she would not hesitate.

Liang Jian frowned and said, "This deal will do me all harm but not any benefit..."

Yan Qingqing interrupted Liang Jian's words and said urgently: "I can give you the green jade seal of Jincheng and bow down to you. From now on, Jincheng will be your subordinate domain. I will report to the court about the Linghuan San, Said that the country of Fujian is staring at the border, and the mouth of a tiger is far away from the water, and it is difficult to save the fire near it, so I ask the emperor to allow me to expand my army to deter the country of Fujian. Even if I am a weak woman who really holds the military power, I will not be afraid in the eyes of those adults. "

Mingxiu plank road to secretly hide Chencang, Liang Jian's consideration Yan Qingqing of course understands that her deal is not for Liang Jian to station troops in Hongye City, but in Jincheng, using the excuse of fighting against Fujian.

Jiang Shengxue was taken aback by Yan Qingqing's words, she looked up at Liang Jian, saw Liang Jian's gloomy face stuck out her tongue in secret, and did not intervene in their conversation.

Liang Jian tapped the armrest of the seat, again and again, clearly and forcefully.Yan Qingqing is smart enough. Not only is she smart, but she also knows how to put the most favorable conditions in front of the other party. On the surface, it seems that Liang Jian only needs to keep Yan Qingqing alive, and it is not difficult.But in fact, the training of the army is in the hands of Yan Qingqing, if she bites back, Liang Jian may not be able to resist.

"If you turn Jincheng into my place to garrison troops, aren't you afraid that your father will scold you for being unfilial?"

Yan Qingqing's face froze, her eyes turned red instantly, she looked at Yan Xu sadly, showed a smile that was about to cry and said: "I hope he can still scold me a few words, but look, he doesn't even know who I am now I don’t even know each other.”

Liang Jian was dumbfounded, he didn't intend to poke Yan Qingqing's heart.

"Jincheng still needs you, so I will naturally save your life, so let's not mention the transaction." Liang Jian raised his hand to stop Yan Qingqing, and said, "I came here for the matter of Linghuan San, and the bait has been released. Now We need manpower to collect the net. You have to remember that you are the daughter of the city lord, so cheer up and deploy with me. I live in the 'Yuelai Inn' in the city. If you think it through, send someone to find me. Sheng Xue ,let's go."

"Shall I go too?" Jiang Shengxue was suddenly called by Liang Jian, and his eyes turned back and forth between him and Yan Qingqing a few times, and under Liang Jian's strong aura, he lowered his head and followed Liang Jian obediently.

Yan Qingqing didn't stop them from leaving, she still sat by the bed and accompanied Yan Xu, holding his hand and watching him being tortured so badly, Dou Da's tears finally couldn't be suppressed, rolling down.

Jiang Shengxue had been living in the City Lord's Mansion during this time, and had nothing to do with Yan Qingqing, but now she was suddenly called away by Liang Jian, and she was a little worried about Yan Qingqing.Liang Jian saw that she was absent-minded, and asked, "Why are you here alone? Where is Wen Yao?"

Liang Jian hadn't seen Wen Yao since entering Jincheng, which made him feel a little strange.With Wen Yao's character, it is impossible to leave Jiang Shengxue at this time.

Jiang Shengxue showed a helpless expression, and sighed, "I was arrested by my second cousin and sent to patrol."

Chen Wenyan is a rough-headed person who often doesn't wink. Jiang Shengxue didn't want to hurt his peace, so he asked Wen Yao to accompany him out for a round of inspection, and he should be back by time.

Hearing this, Liang Jian slowed down her pace of leaving, so as not to be anxious when Wen Yao came back later.

Jiang Shengxue felt uncomfortable thinking of Yan Qingqing, and asked, "Brother, do you really not consider what Ms. Yan said?"

Liang Jian smiled and said: "The person who should consider is not me, but her. She is very smart, and knowing how to deal with me is the greatest sincerity. She can't show this sincerity yet. What we can do is to solve the current situation. crisis."

Jiang Shengxue seemed to understand, but only understood that Liang Jian did not completely reject Yan Qingqing's proposal, and there was still room for maneuver.He left Yan Qingqing enough time to think about it, and gave her a chance to regret it.

Wen Yao and Chen Wenyan went out on patrol together for a long time, Liang Jian didn't wait for him to come back, so he simply sent the secret guard to bring him a message, and took Jiang Shengxue back to the inn first.

This inn is somewhat related to Tingyin Pavilion, and its strength in Jincheng is still relatively intact.Liang Jian didn't leave the city lord's mansion in good condition and ran here to fight when he was full, but heard the news from Yinge that those traders planned to speed up and began to threaten the surrounding inns to trade with them.On the surface, Yuelai Inn pretended to be submissive, but secretly cooperated with Liang Jian to start the deployment.

The merchants released from Qingxi County have already connected here, and the people sent by Liang Jian secretly controlled several strongholds, but the final lair has not been found yet.

Yan Qingqing took a long time to think about it, and Liang Jian waited for four days for the news. During this time, Chen Wenyan came over because of Jiang Shengxue's relationship, and had some unpleasant quarrels with Liang Jian.Wen Yao was a little afraid of him, and avoided him when he saw him coming.

When Yan Qingqing sent someone to invite Liang Jian to go over the house for a briefing, she also brought a note to Jiang Shengxue. Jiang Shengxue froze on the spot after reading the words on it, with a look of horror on her face.Seeing that her expression was wrong, Liang Jian took the note and looked at it, her face moved.

"How could she make such a decision?" Jiang Shengxue was shocked by Yan Qingqing's ruthlessness, and anger rose in her heart.

Liang Jian looked serious, the note was crushed under his fingertips, and sighed: "At this point, her proposal is not unfeasible."

"Brother, I will not agree to this matter." Jiang Shengxue looked at Liang Jian angrily, and she also had her own bottom line: "Linghuan San has caused irreparable damage to them, and they are suffering great pain every day of their lives .For them, death is the best relief. I can't save their lives, I feel very sad, and you want me to refine them into insects. Then what is the difference between me and those thugs in Fujian? I just Under the banner of justice, but actually doing exactly the same thing as them.”

There was only one request on the note Yan Qingqing handed to Jiang Shengxue, she hoped that Jiang Shengxue could unite with Gu masters in western Yunnan to turn those infected with Linghuansan into worms.This is something that is strictly prohibited by the Western Yunnan Gu Masters Conference. No matter what excuses or reasons are used to act, one must not disregard benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Jiang Shengxue's reaction was too intense. As a doctor, she couldn't use saving as an excuse to kill someone.Deprive them of their five senses and turn them into puppets of the walking dead. This kind of life is indistinguishable from death, and it is even more cruel.

Liang Jian had seen the fighting power of the bug-man, and also seen the cruelty of the bug-man. Asking Jiang Shengxue to do such a thing was indeed embarrassing for her.

"Okay, silly girl, don't be so excited. Yan Qingqing just asked you to consider, the decision is in your hands, you can find a way to persuade her to give up this consideration." Liang Jian comforted Jiang Shengxue's emotions, and could understand her Stubbornness in this regard.

The reason why Yan Qingqing told Jiang Shengxue in advance must be to give her time to calm down.

Jiang Shengxue took a deep breath to calm herself down, and followed Liang Jian to the City Lord's Mansion to meet Yan Qingqing after her emotions calmed down.

After not seeing him for a few days, Yan Xu's condition got worse, Liang Jian and the others could hear his screams before they approached his room.Yan Qingqing stayed with him through the onset of the effects of the medicine, and only then did she put on her makeup and came out to meet a few people.This time she was much more straightforward, instead of talking about the last time, she was talking about joining forces to deal with the Linghuan scattered vendors.

Chen Wenyan couldn't be more excited when he heard that he was going to deal with those bastards.They exchange the existing situation with each other, and use the method of cross-comparison to find the final position.This group of people cunningly established a very large spider web organization on the ground, and it required precise deployment to uproot it.

Chen Wenyan has led soldiers more or less, so he can help in this regard, let go of his and Liang Jian's unhappiness and work together to deploy operations.They decided to pull out the eyes first to make the group blind, then use the Yuelai Inn as an internal response to cut off their limbs, and finally they worked together to outflank them.

There seemed to be no problem with the plan, and the two finalized some details to set the time for action.Chen Wenyan also wanted to bring Wen Yao with him, but Liang Jian rejected his proposal.

"We're all gone, what about these two girls? Don't just worry about the past and the future, they will do the same if we take action." Liang Jian was dissatisfied with Chen Wenyan's ordering Wenyao, this person is really weak, appreciate Wenyao But it doesn't depend on whether Ren Wenyao is willing or not.

"After we take action, they stay in the City Lord's Mansion. The guards here are strictly guarded, so there will be no problem." Chen Wenyan still wanted to fight for it, but Liang Jian gave him a blank stare.

Wen Yao scratched his head, summoned up his courage and said, "I want to protect Second Miss, and I don't want to participate in this operation."

After Wen Yao said this, Chen Wenyan felt a little sad, what a seedling, he should go to the battlefield.Wen Yao was frightened by Chen Wenyan's eyes on the prey, and his face was stiff.Jiang Shengxue stood up dissatisfied, and pulled Wen Yao behind her. It was obvious that she would not hand over Wen Yao this time.

When several people were in a stalemate, Yan Qingqing who was on the side suddenly said, "Miss Jiang, how do you think about what I said?"

This sound attracted everyone's attention, and Chen Wenyan asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Shengxue ignored him, but looked at Yan Qingqing, and said sternly: "Miss Yan, I hope you can understand that worms are banned in western Yunnan, even I can't violate this regulation, let alone call for Other Gu masters will refine it for you. They are already unfortunate enough, do you want their relatives to suffer for them again?"

"I'm just giving them another option to live."

"That's a walking dead, not alive." Jiang Shengxue denied Yan Qingqing's words, and said sadly: "My homeland was once used by Gu masters in Fujian to refine insects, and corpses were scattered all over the field. My father also paid for it. Life. This is my bottom line, so I can't promise you."

"I know this is an unreasonable request, and it's even a bit difficult. I expected your refusal, but it's just a fluke." Yan Qingqing smiled self-deprecatingly, and did not continue to discuss this issue with Jiang Shengxue .There was a dim light in her eyes, like despair or relief, she stood up and straightened her clothes, asked Chen Wenyan to send Liang Jian and the others out, and went back to her room to see Yan Xu.

Yan Xu, who had just struggled out of the pain emanating from Linghuan, was sweating profusely, with saliva flowing from his mouth, staring at Yan Qingqing blankly, with blood on his hands and feet, and could only utter a few unexplained noises Hum.

Yan Qingqing wiped off the cold sweat on Yan Xu's body with a cloth towel, tidied up his appearance, looked at his increasingly haggard face and smiled, with tears in her eyes: "Father, I'm sorry, my daughter is not filial. Jiang Shengxue rejected my offer." Please, maybe she is right, my proposal is just to let you go from one misfortune to another. Death is the best relief for you, I keep you out of selfishness, let you admit so much Pain, I'm such a considerate daughter who doesn't understand."

"But don't worry, I've already figured it out. Dad, if you see your mother, remember to tell her, I miss her very much." The tears in the eyes rolled down from the corners of the eyes, and finally couldn't stop.

Yan Qingqing put her hand on Yan Xu's neck, she clenched her fingers while weeping.The strong sense of suffocation made Yan Xu struggle, and there was a brief moment of clarity in his cloudy eyes, he could clearly see Yan Qingqing's grief-stricken appearance, and a smile flickered from the corner of his mouth.

"Good boy." Almost murmured praise rolled between his lips and teeth. Yan Xu, who had been delirious for half a month, regained a little consciousness before he died. He had many things in his heart that he wanted to tell Yan Qingqing, but the last thing he said was This is the most familiar phrase between father and daughter.Every time Yan Qingqing completes something independently, Yan Xu will pat her head and praise her.

It's just that this time his hand dropped completely before he raised it. He walked peacefully and was very relieved.

Yan Qingqing was stunned for a moment, then let go of her hands and leaned over Yan Xu's body, crying loudly.

On the other side, Jiang Shengxue, who was leaving with the others, realized Yan Qingqing's purpose of making herself an insect-man, and immediately turned around and ran back, but she was still a step too late.When she stepped into the room, Yan Xu was already hopeless.

Yan Qingqing untied the iron chain to change his clothes and freshen up, so that he could be buried in the coffin in the best condition.He is the lord of the city and has been his daughter's slave all his life. In order not to let Yan Qingqing be wronged, he has not continued his marriage. His life is a mess, but he gives Yan Qingqing the best.

He gave Yan Qingqing everything, including his own life. Fate is really playing tricks on people.