【18】Joint conspiracy
"So, today I try to let Mu Yun disguise for Junhou, just to prepare for this. You are the most skilled person on the Jiuzhou Continent, and you are the most skilled in disguise. You are also very familiar with people. Are people close to you played by others? With your eyesight, you can see through it in one stick of incense. If Junhou can stand on my face and survive two sticks of incense under your eyes, then I think no one in the capital should be able to see through his disguise."
Jiang Chengyi explained the reason why he asked Ning Nanyou to replace him outside the palace.
The girl nodded, finally understanding the intentions of the three of them just now, so she nodded in appreciation and said, "If you hadn't said a word to me on the way, I would probably have not noticed that you two had switched."
She expressed her approval, held Mu Yun's hand beside her, and said with a deep smile: "Mu Yun has learned from me for a long time to disguise, but now she has finally achieved some success. Today, Junhou's makeup is too detailed, which makes people hallucinate. Even I can't escape."
Mu Yun was praised, scratched her head embarrassedly, laughed dryly, with a trace of cover in her eyes, lowering her head without saying a word. Little did she know that her disguise skills were far less than that of Jiang Chengjia's exquisite Lin Zhi, and the skills she learned were less than seven points. However, today, the reason why the makeup she painted was hidden from Jiang Chengjia's eyes was all because she applied some spells to the leather mask that Ning Nanyou wore, which made the mask's original five-point appearance rise to nine points.
Jiang Chengjia just smiled at her because she discovered this.
The two girls were secretly communicating with their eyes, and at this moment, they heard Jiang Chengyi say, "You may have many questions about the matter in the palace today. A Luo, follow me and Junhou to the study and talk, and I will tell you everything."
Jiang Chengjia did have many doubts, so he immediately nodded and said, "Okay."
Ning Nanyou, who was standing beside him, quietly walked around, hugged the girl's waist, and smiled with curved eyebrows, as if in a good mood. But as soon as he approached, Jiang Chengjia smelled the strong bloody smell of suppressed by herbs. She immediately locked her eyebrows, turned her head to look at him, and said with some concern in her heart: "Erlang, your injuries have not healed yet. Can you still hold on after the trouble just now?"
Under the sunset, his skin looked cold and white and vicissitudes, and he looked very tired, but the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were light and soft, which made his sick face brighter. He shook his head at the girl and smiled gently: "It's okay. Before coming out, I had asked Lu Xun to reband my wounds and apply some gold-cancerous medicine. I can still hold on for a while if I grit my teeth. I'll be here to accompany you."
Jiang Chengjia stared at him with anxiety, looking solemn and uneasy.
Jiang Chengyi, who was walking in front, pushed open the door of the study and turned around and saw that the young couple behind him were standing sticky together and whispering. He saw the worry on the girl's face at a glance and comforted him: "Aluo, don't worry, Mu Yun has already prepared a soft couch in the study. As soon as your husband enters, he will have a comfortable place to lean on, which will not make him feel uncomfortable."
Jiang Chengjia said in surprise: "Brother, you and I have just returned from the palace. How do you know that the Lord and the Lord have any injuries?"
The young man looked at her with a smile in front of the door. Jiang Chengjia subconsciously looked at Ning Nanyou. Seeing the corners of his mouth curled up and the luster in his eyes slightly, he moved his heart and sighed helplessly: "It turns out that you and the two of you have colluded with each other a long time ago? You know everything about their own mansions, right?"
Ning Nanyou and Jiang Chengyi laughed but said nothing, which meant that they indirectly admitted the matter.
Jiang Chengjia snorted. Although he was a little dissatisfied, he did not let go of his temper and lifted his feet to walk up the steps. The four of them entered the study together, closed the door, lifted the roller blinds and sat down around the table, which led to the topic and talked about the various strange phenomena in the palace.
Jiang Chengyi said: "Aluo, today, you scared me and the Lord."
Jiang Chengjia, who was sitting in the corner of the wall, laughed and stuck out her tongue mischievously: "Brother is a person who has experienced strong storms. How could he be frightened by this little thing about me?"
Ning Nanyou was nestled in the soft couch, relaxing all over, and said lazily: "Even if your brother has experienced many battles and is not afraid of danger, he may not be able to withstand such troubles."
Jiang Chengjia muttered, "But I was so angry when I looked at Queen Huai and Marquis Changshan. How could you bear it? They treated you like this as soon as you entered the capital."
Ning Nanyou: "Little Aluo. I'm fine. Besides, the injuries on my body are somewhat my own plans."
"What does it mean?" Jiang Chengjia blinked and waited for him to explain. Her mind was messy now, and she guessed and wondered what he had planned with Jiang Lang.
“This matter is a bit complicated.”
In order to avoid Ning Nanyou spending too much energy, Jiang Chengyi took the initiative to take the say in explanation. He sorted out the cause and effect of the matter from the beginning and told Jiang Chengjia one by one: "Last year, when the prince and the prince were still in Guangxin, they had already planned the matter in the capital."
Jiang Chengyi: "Since six years ago, Ning Nankun and Ning Nanqing have always been in the Jingshu Guard openly and secretly. Even His Majesty knew about this. Of course, I heard some news. Of course, the emperor was happy to see this. The more chaotic the Jingshu Guards were, you, the husband who controls the personal soldiers of Emperor Ming, no threat to him. The lord cleaned up batches of detailed works from the Jingshu Guards. But these two people were not willing to give up. Even if they could not let their people enter the core barracks of the Jingshu Guards, they would have to plant spies among the lowest-level soldiers."
"Later, you left the capital after marriage and arrived in Linhe less than half a year, your news was often spread to the Ming Palace. Ning Nanqing could always hear your news as soon as possible. Fan Li from the Regent's Palace could also find out the news inside the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion and inform the King of Huai. Although these phenomena lasted not long, I and Junhou discovered it together. Before the subsequent news arrived in the capital, it was replaced by people everywhere in the Water Pavilion, but we inevitably made mistakes. We would be in danger of defense and one day we could not prevent it. Since then, Junhou knew that there were at least two extremely deep works in the Marquis Mansion to convey the news to Fan Li and Ning Nanqing."
"Junhou wrote a letter to contact me to inform me of this matter. At his request, I asked Shui Pavilion to cooperate with the spies from Yegong Pavilion to investigate the details of every servant in Linhe's command mansion at that time, including the few close to you, and also checked them clearly. Now, it is certain that the servants and maids in the command mansion are not suspected. The problem lies in the guards who are close to guarding the guards. Therefore, Junhou was careful. Even in his own house, he guarded them tightly. The guards who were at his side were all within our guards at any time were all within our guards. Lu Xun and the 38 generals of the 38th Battalion of the Jingshou were not aware of this matter."
"But, what is helpless is that the whereabouts of spies in the mansion are too secretly hidden. No matter how Junhou investigates privately, he cannot find the person's trace. After a while, he can only postpone the matter. In August, we and the prince arrived in Guangxin to sort out the case of Songzong and thoroughly check the details. Ning Nankun and Ning Nanqing seemed to have learned the news in advance, and they had already caused people to ambush around the post station. Not only did they interfere in the investigation of Songzong's case, but they also tried to disrupt the prince's sight and lead the clues to Junhou. Fortunately, I was there at that time, and I stopped the news that was not good for Junhou.
"Mr. Jun and I were discussing the plan at this time. At that time, we wanted to use the people who were laid out by the Shui Pavilion in the fiefs of the Ming King and the Changshan Marquis to find out the unknown secrets of these two people, and use the files and records you and me collected over the years. At the critical moment, we caught them off guard, making Ming King and Changshan Marquis unable to continue to find out the news. In this way, the spies lurking in the commander's mansion could not contact the previous family, and they would be anxious. Over time, we would not be afraid that they would not be able to leak the trick. However, Ning Nankun failed to trip up Jun. In the case of Song Zong, and was unwilling to let go, so he sent a thief leader to pretend to be the general of the guard camp Liao Yuncheng to assassinate the prince, trying to blame Jun. Fortunately, Junhou was clever and expose the true face of this person in time, so the prince suddenly realized that this was a scene."
"The group of people who assassinated the prince, Junhou and I sent people to investigate. They chased them all the way to Jizhou. The group of people disappeared. The method of hiding whereabouts was very clever, and even the Qianji District could not find a blind spot. The group of people who were ambushing around Guangxin Station to disturb the prince's investigation were also very capable of surveying and had great martial arts skills, and they didn't look like ordinary soldiers at all. Strangely, although Ning Nankun had been playing games with Ning Nanqing for many years, he had never heard of any powerful secret soldiers and guards. At this point, Junhou and I felt that if we only rely on the handles found in the fiefs of King Ming and Hou Changshan, we would never be able to control these two people, and we would not be able to find out the detailed work."
"So, we began to make a fuss about the case of Emperor Song. We planned to treat the person with the same principles."
"Since Ning Nankun entered Beijing to pay congratulations at the end of the previous year, he has been hiding in the Regent's Mansion. Under the protection of Queen Huai, he stayed in the capital city. He ignored the laws of the palace and was exiled for a few months and had been free and unobstructed in the Great Wei. Last October, after I arrived at the capital city with the prince, he and Queen Huai wanted to restore the position of the prince with Su Bian. Naturally, I could not allow him to restore the position of the prince at will, but at that time you and Junhou were in the north. With me alone, it was obvious that they could not stop the plan of Changshan Hou and Queen Huai. So, I wrote a letter to Junhou to tell him about this. Unexpectedly, before the letter was sent, I was assassinated by people from other races."
"I guess that the capital city is very likely to be in chaos, so I wrote this matter into the letter. I specially ordered Uncle Fang Si and Yan Ji to send it to the north in person."
Chapter completed!