Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Compared with Mu Liuyun's life, 2000 taels is really an insignificant price. I am afraid that the precious medicinal materials used for him during this period of time are more than this price. Ye Hai's move also shows that he has no intention of coercion. With such an open mind, everyone in the Shangqing Palace naturally appreciates the plan of the report, Qingliu bowed and said: "Thank you, Master Ye Zhuang for your righteousness, the Shangqing Palace will definitely offer the consultation money as soon as possible."

When Qingliu and the others were preparing the stretcher, Zhang Chi also saw that Long Jiu had returned. Mu Liuyun retreated from the juniors, looked at him and asked, "What did Long Jiu say?"

"It seems that it is true that the government revoked the wanted arrest, and it is also true that the emperor wants to see me, but the Captain Zhao was bought by Princess Yaoping and led us into a trap." Zhang Chi hesitated, "So right now I still have to Let's go to the capital with Brother Jiu to see how the situation will develop, Liuyun, I'm afraid we have to separate temporarily."

"En." Mu Liuyun responded lightly.

Zhang Chi observed his expression uneasily: "Liu Yun, are you... angry?"

"Why should I be angry?" Mu Liuyun asked puzzled.

He usually has such a cold temperament, but now that he is hurt and his martial arts is lost, his mood is depressed, and he has no good face. Now Zhang Chi feels that he is responsible for the slightest bit of unhappiness when he sees him, and said anxiously : "When I was injured, you came all the way to save me, but when you were seriously injured and needed care, I couldn't be by your side. I..."

Mu Liuyun, who was still expressionless at first, frowned after hearing this, and interrupted before he finished speaking: "How did you become such a mother-in-law? Now I can't do anything except heal my wounds. Check it out." The matter of clarifying the truth, redressing grievances and revenge can only fall on you alone, if you don’t hurry up to do it, don’t you want to wait for me to cheer you on after I’m ready?”

Zhang Chi hurriedly said: "How could that be? I'll go right away and make the person who harmed us look good. Liuyun, you can rest in peace at Shangqing Palace and wait for me to come back to find you, okay?"

Mu Liuyun withdrew his hand, and his tone was a little irritated: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and do what you should do, and I will take care of myself."

Zhang Chi sighed softly. It is completely understandable for Mu Liuyun to be grumpy now. It would be futile to say anything at this time. The only way to find the real culprit as soon as possible is to solve his worries and return to Shangqing Palace to take care of Mu Liuyun.

***

Although Yi Qiuhua, who led people to ambush Zhang Chi last time, has gone crazy, and Princess Yaoping has also been placed under house arrest, Long Jiu is still not at ease. General Lu Zhiqian, who is also concerned about Zhang Chi's safety, will come with a team of elite iron wolf cavalry Let's hit the road together.

This time they finally arrived at the capital without any danger. After bathing and changing, Zhang Chi was brought before the emperor.

The emperor was still reviewing the memorial behind the table case, without raising his head, he just said to Zhang Chi who was kneeling in a big ceremony: "Get up and talk, give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Chi sat on the chair brought by the little eunuch, and the emperor finally looked up at him while changing the memorial: "It is rumored that the Marquis of Yongning was killed by me because of his high merits, what do you think? "

"I don't think it will be the emperor's work."

"Oh? Tell me, why do you think so."

Zhang Chi said truthfully: "The emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, and his foundation is not stable, and Hou Ye seems to hold a lot of power, but he has always been the emperor's full supporter. He has neither the intention nor the act of rebellion. If you break your own arm, you will lose your heart. According to the emperor's consistent reputation, he will not make such an irrational move. Take a step back and say that even if the emperor has some unknown reasons to kill Lord Hou, he will not There is no need to use the unreliable method of sending assassins to assassinate, none of the guards around Lord Hou are fuel-efficient lamps, and if you are not careful, you will be beaten by chicken eggs, so why take such a risk when a glass of poisoned wine can solve it."

"You not only see clearly, but also speak straight." The emperor sighed softly, "It's a pity that most people don't analyze things like you. If you can't find out the real culprit, I will blame you even if I don't want to."

Zhang Chi waited for the rest of the text, and the worried emperor finished approving another memorial and threw it aside, then looked at him with his support on the table and said, "I heard from General Lu that you have been doing things for Lord Hou, and you are very appreciated by him. Treating you like a junior, but you were framed and charged with killing him for nothing, since General Lu admires you so much, I will give you a chance to thoroughly investigate the case and avenge the Marquis of Yongning."

Zhang Chi quickly knelt down to thank him. This was exactly what he was going to do, but the case involved too many forces that ordinary people could not mess with. It's much more convenient for big shots.

"I also know that the most suspected person in this matter is Princess Yaoping. For this reason, I have placed her under house arrest for many days, and put the whole of the Hou Mansion under control, but my servants and Eagle League guards have been investigating for a long time. There is also no progress." The emperor snorted displeasedly, "I put a lot of effort into the Eagle Alliance Guards, but raised a group of idiots, either short-sighted or timid, although you are young, you are General Lu and Marquis Yongning. People who are very appreciative, since I gave you this opportunity, you just go ahead and do it, if the matter is done well, the Eagle Alliance Guard will be handed over to you from now on."

Zhang Chi thought that it was a great favor for the emperor to give him the opportunity to interrogate the eldest princess, but he didn't expect that the emperor would not only give him this convenience, but also throw him a heavy burden. Zhang Chi saluted with a complicated mood: "Xiao People will do their best."

The emperor nodded approvingly: "The Marquis of Yongning is an important minister of the country. If this case is really committed by the eldest princess, even if she is my own aunt, the crime of killing her husband cannot be lightly forgiven, but what I want to see is enough to convince Zong An ironclad proof of kinship with subjects."

***

When Zhang Chi was sent out of the palace by the servants, Long Jiu was waiting outside anxiously, and greeted him as soon as he saw him: "How? What did the emperor say?"

Zhang Chi was holding a tray in his hand, on which was a neatly folded black uniform, a waist badge and a knife with an overly ornate scabbard, he briefly relayed it to Long Jiu, and then sighed: "... Forget it, and forcibly threw me the title of Special Envoy of the Eagle Alliance Guards, to drive the ducks to the shelves, and I have no choice but to take it."

Long Jiu was puzzled and said: "This is obviously a great thing, why are you so sad instead?"

"I don't know..." Zhang Chi looked as depressed as he had been every day before, "I used to dream of getting ahead and making a career out of it, but now I just want to find out the case as soon as possible. Duan Qiuyuan will leave everything behind and go to Huashan to live in seclusion and live a peaceful life with Liuyun."

Long Jiu patted him understandingly: "Daoist Tianxuan got hurt like this for you, you must feel uncomfortable, but I believe you still have great ambitions in your heart, there are so many filthy things in this world A capable person like you and me should do what we can for the people."

Zhang Chi smiled wryly: "What kind of 'capable person' am I? Not only did I fail to protect him, I couldn't even protect myself."

Long Jiu couldn't figure it out. Mu Liuyun abolished his martial arts to save Zhang Chi. It is natural for Zhang Chi to feel guilty and sad. But for some reason, he always felt that Zhang Chi seemed to be hit harder than Mu Liuyun himself. Seeing Zhang Chi Depressed, he had no choice but to comfort him: "Well... don't think too much about it for now, the investigation is more important now, let's sort out the clues at hand first..."

Before Zhang Chi had time to answer, he saw several people in Eagle Alliance guards surrounding him: "Oh! My lord special envoy! You must be the new special envoy! We just got the news that the emperor intends to let you take over. The position of the commander, why should I be flat, is the deputy captain of the Eagle League Guard..."

"...You guys are well-informed." Zhang Chi said plainly.

"That's a must. If you don't have the best information, how can you afford this job? Mr. Special Envoy, if you need a little help, please just ask, and the little one will definitely do it for you."

"Not yet... Oh, there is one thing." Zhang Chi hooked his fingers at them, and when those people approached obsequiously, he suddenly shouted: "Get out of here as far as possible!"

"Yes yes yes... You are busy, you are busy first..." Those eagle guards didn't know how they had offended the new boss, and they backed away with bewildered faces.

Long Jiu couldn't help persuading him: "Hey, brother Zhang, I know you're not in a good mood right now, but you're so careful that you're going to make villains bear grudges."

"It's okay, let's show them off first, and it will be easier to manage in the future." Zhang Chi didn't explain much, he was really not in the mood to see the smiling faces, because he had already figured it out just now-after the accident of Master Hou, The emperor originally wanted the Eagle Alliance Guards to take over the Baowen organization under Lord Hou's command. If it was a smart person, this matter could have been resolved peacefully and mutually beneficial. They died together, although the culprit had been burned to death in the Jinxiu Building together, but these same flies and dog legs are still annoying to watch.

***

Hou Ye's Mansion ushered in a new wave of Eagle Alliance Guards today.

Princess Yaoping felt exhausted just seeing this black dress now: "You guys are never finished. Haven't I already said everything I need to say? Unless I am asked to meet the emperor, I don't want to say a word to you again." You are talking nonsense!"

When they met, they were reprimanded, but Zhang Chi folded his arms and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness, unexpected, we meet again."

"You are..." Elder Princess Yaoping took a careful look at the leader of the Eagle Alliance Guard, and felt that he looked a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where she saw him.

"It's true that the nobleman has forgotten things, Zhang Chi."

"So it's you." Princess Yaoping just remembered.

At that time, she only thought that the other party was an insignificant person, so she took the blame. She didn't expect that things would turn out to be so twists and turns. A dignified relative of the emperor, holding countless chess pieces left by the Marquis of Yongning, ended up in a crushing defeat. .

But even in such a situation, the arrogance of being a royal still made her hold her head up: "You are very hard-fated. Not only did you not die, but you also caused my Qiu'er to be like that, and now you are running in front of me to show off your might. How are you doing?"

The anger in Zhang Chi's heart didn't show on his face at all, he still smiled slyly: "Of course my life is hard, if I die so easily, how can I come back and clean up you two for Lord Hou?"