"It's time to go"

"Quick"

The wind and snow were blowing late at night, and the fires in the towering imperial city soared into the sky. The entire city was visible from afar, causing an uproar between thousands of streets and hundreds of arches in an instant.

Xuanwu Street, National Master's Mansion.

Candles were lit in the study, and Zuo Qingqiu, wearing a nightgown, was thinking about the strategy of breaking the situation on the Eastern Front in front of the map.

Outside the room, Zuo Zhan ran over quickly and said anxiously:

"Dad, the fire broke out in the imperial city. Look at the Hanyuan Hall where the emperor lives. Go and take a look!"

Zuo Qingqiu opened the window and saw the fire in the palace city not far away. He frowned and flashed to the top of the house and ran out of the imperial city.

On the other side, Xu Buling had already left Fuyi and came to the small inn where Jiang Du was imprisoned.

It was light snow in the night. Although some people stopped and looked at the imperial city at the market, the news had not yet reached here, and the streets were quite calm.

On the big tree outside the small inn, the little sparrow built a small nest with branches and lay lazily inside, staring at the room opposite while eating melon seeds. Sometimes it moved its small wings and shook off some snow foam from its feathers.

Xu Buling landed on the tree, held up the bird's nest, and said softly:

"Yiyi, go back to the inn and ask Manzhi and the others to pack up their things. We have to leave Guiyan City overnight."

The little sparrow flapped its wings, looked like a "shoulder's order", turned around like an arrow from a string, and flew to a nearby inn.

Xu Buling threw Yiyi's nest aside and jumped into the inn room from the window.

In the room, Jiang Kai was still lying on the bed, tied up for three or four days, and was almost exhausted, his eyes were dumbfounded, and he kept counting the time for Xu Buling to come here next time to take him to prevent the wind.

Seeing someone entering the window, Jiang Kai was shocked and hurriedly twisted his body: "Woooooo" hum.

Xu Buling closed the window and pulled out the cloth that was plugging his mouth.

Jiang Kai coughed a few times and said in a crying voice: "Uncle Xu, can you arrange a guard? Do you know if you have three urgent needs? If my prince pulls his pants, how can he meet people in his next life?"

Jiang Kai's face was almost blue, and he struggled impatiently, wanting Xu Buling to untie the rope.

Xu Buling frowned and said without the intention of untiing the rope:

"Who asked you to eat so much?"

"I only eat one meal a day. Do you think I want to eat so much? Hurry up, I can't hold it in..."

"I can't hold it in, but I can't hold it in."

Xu Buling sat down next to him and asked softly:

"Where is Jiang Rui living?"

When Jiang Kai heard this, his irritable and restless mood suddenly calmed down, and there was joy between his eyebrows, and he answered urgently:

"Just in the middle of Zhuangyuan Street, there is a sign hanging on the door. You will know as soon as you go. Hurry up and tie the grandson to accompany me, I want him to death."

Xu Buling nodded, did not get up to tie the person up, but looked at Jiang Kai in a blink of an eye:

"Jiang Kai, do you want to be an emperor?" ?!

Jiang Kai's expression froze, and all his emotions disappeared. He frowned and looked at Xu Buling in front of him. After scanning his eyes carefully, he found that Xu Buling's waist was inserted with a paperweight carved with a turtle's head, and wrote the four words "Turt and Crane Xia Ling".

"you!"

Jiang Kai's face turned pale, and he struggled suddenly, but he couldn't get up. He could only look angry and stare at Xu Buling:

"You evil man, how dare you plot against the emperor, I..."

Xu Buling raised his hand and said, "Don't swear, I just went to the palace to get things, and I saw something that I shouldn't have seen."

Jiang Du frowned again, and he was a little reluctant to let Xu Buling intend, and asked:

"What do you mean? The Lord and the Prince are alive, and you still want to lobby me to fight against Daqi?"

Xu Buling shook his head and told the Hanyuan Palace that he had just heard nothing:

"I sneaked into the imperial city in the night and touched the Hanyuan Palace..."

Jiang Kai frowned and listened, and as he listened, he looked shocked and shocked, but he did not doubt the authenticity.

Because Xu Buling's retelling words were not different from Jiang Lin and Jiang Du's past conversations, it could not be made up. The only difference is that Jiang Du's final resentment was expressed.

After Xu Buling finished speaking, he shook his head and said, "The freezing of three feet is not a day long. The saying "If you are anxious, you know how to bite people." It is probably because Jiang Du was so aroused that he committed such a crime that is untolerable. How can a beast who "kills his father and lord" sit on the dragon throne? Do you think so?"

Jiang Du's face was gloomy and calm. He stared at Xu Buling and gritted his teeth:

"What do you mean? Tell me about this news and want me to impeach the prince?"

Xu Buling narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Jiang Kai lying on the bed:

"The Emperor of Qi only has one son. Jiang Du can't be the emperor. The throne must fall into the hands of the left and right princes. You and Jiang Rui are the second heirs.

Last time I asked you how to find agarwood paperweight. You asked me to find Jiang Du, who is the prince, to help steal it.

Jiang Du's cowardly personality will definitely be used by me. However, the relationship between Jiang Du and Emperor Qi is incompatible, so it is impossible to encounter agarwood paperweight. If there is any abnormality, it will definitely be discovered by the meticulous Emperor Qi.

The prince of a country was threatened to steal the life of his father and emperor. This was even more heartbreaking than killing his father directly.

Let me talk first, what does it mean to push Jiang Du to me?"

Xu Bu Ling looked at her eyes.

Jiang Kai blinked his eyes and then said in a frustration:

"Xu Buling, don't swear at others. How can I think so far?"

"Whether you think or not, you've done that."

Xu Buling stood up and untied the rope on Jiang Kai's body:

"Now the palace just caught fire, Jiang Du's emotions were so ups and downs, and no one dared to clean up the scene. Now you find a way to take the Jiang clan to come over and catch a current situation. Slowly, when Jiang Du cleans up the scene, there will be no chance in his life."

After Jiang Kai broke free from the rope, he did not walk directly, but frowned and said:

"Do you think my father and I really want to rob the throne? My Jiang family has not yet recovered our hometown, so how can we let the entire Northern Qi fall apart for a throne?"

Xu Buling nodded with his eyes:

"The prince is so enlightened, it's good. In two quarters of an hour, I will tell the news to Prince Zuo Jiang Rui.

If you really think about the Great Qi, you can go there directly and bow to Jiang Rui to surrender. In the future, Northern Qi will still be a solid piece.

Of course, you can also go home and wait for Jiang Rui to come and bow down to you. However, if you go home and wait now, the most likely thing is to be placed under house arrest by Jiang Rui in Guiyan City from tomorrow morning as a bargaining chip to restrict your father.

You only have two quarters of an hour to lead, which is given to you for your understanding of the current affairs. Take a good grasp of it."

After Xu Buling finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.

Jiang Kai's face was unstable. He and Jiang Rui had a disagreement, but he didn't believe that Jiang Rui would abide by his duties and would not spy on the throne that was within his reach. He raised his hand and said:

"Wait, don't tell Jiang Rui this news first, wait for me to stabilize the overall situation..."

Xu Buling shook his head: "I won't tell Jiang Rui, you may not be able to make up your mind. Only when someone competes with you will run faster."

"You want to drive the tiger and swallow the wolf and mess with my big qi?"

"So what? If the prince has to think about the overall situation, just go home and wait now to see if Jiang Rui will receive your invitation. What will happen to those who failed to fight for the throne in ancient times? The prince is probably better than me."

After Xu Buling finished speaking, he jumped out of the window and no trace was left.

The room became quiet, Jiang Kai clenched his fists tightly and paced around the room twice. Suddenly he remembered something, took out two melon seeds from his sleeve, looked at it, threw them on the ground and stepped on them, cursing:

"Two dragons compete for the throne, so that's it! This black-hearted thing is such a deep plan!"

After saying that, Jiang Kai jumped out of the second floor of the inn, landed on the street, grabbed a horse, and galloped towards Xuanwu Street... ——

The imperial city was in chaos, and the fire broke out in the harem. Foreign ministers could not enter without permission. Only eunuchs and palace maids were anxious to put out the fire.

In winter, the weather is dry and the wind blows, and the fire that is ignited with intention is not so easy to extinguish.

When the eunuch saw the prince and the monarch lying in a pool of blood, he was frightened and rushed to put out the fire. He left only a few trustworthy old servants to put out the fire, and sent someone to call the old queen who had already been sleeping in the harem to come over to take over the overall situation.

Outside the square of Guiyuan Hall, many ministers who saw the movement ran to the palace gate and anxiously asked about the situation in the palace.

However, the palace gate has been closed and it is strictly forbidden to open it before the time has come. Without the emperor's imperial order, the palace guards dare not open it. They just kept asking the palace for instructions and appease the court officials.

Although the national teacher Zuo Qingqiu was appointed as the prime minister and had great power, he was a minister after all. No matter how good his martial arts skills were, he would not be able to directly enter the emperor's bedroom.

After waiting outside the palace gate for half an hour, Zuo Qingqiu saw that the emperor had not sent a message to comfort the ministers for a long time, he thought it was not good and said loudly:

"The safety and danger of the emperor is the most important, and the country of the Great Qi is the most important. I have no choice but to enter the imperial city at night. I am willing to be punished by the emperor. I hope all the officials can prove it later."

The minister who rushed over had been in a hurry for a long time. Seeing this, he dared not stop him. He hurriedly said:

"The national master quickly goes to the palace to meet the emperor. The border war is in critical condition, so you must not make any mistakes at this time."

"Yeah yeah……"

Seeing this, Zuo Qingqiu took off the iron mace behind his waist and placed it on the ground, took off his shoes, jumped onto the three-meter-long palace wall, and moved quickly towards the harem.

The imperial guards in the outer city were also unable to understand the situation. Without the Emperor's Imperial Order, Zuo Qingqiu should have stopped him. However, the national magistrate was indeed the pillar of the court, and he was afraid of causing big trouble. In just a blink of an eye, Zuo Qingqiu disappeared.

The emperor's harem strictly prohibited men from entering, and even the prince could not step in without permission. At this time, he was also strictly guarding the situation. The eunuch who came to investigate the news was stopped outside.

Zuo Qingqiu stopped outside the harem and said loudly:
To be continued...