Chapter 139 – Prince’s Entanglement (Second Shift) (1 / 2)

Half an hour later, the refugee camp had regained its calm, but a lot of people had died.

Mu Qinyuan’s face was cold, he was standing inside the congee shed, ordering people to check it out, Mu Ziyan walked up and carefully examined the refugees who had been poisoned to death, her eyes flashed with a flash of ghostly light.

“Arsenic.” Mu Zi Yan whispered.

“The daily rice porridge in this porridge shed is strictly checked, how could there be arsenic” Mu Qingyuan’s eyes narrowed slightly and said in a deep voice.

Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes and looked around, turning her eyes to Qi Xuan, “Can you have the doctor go up there and take a look”

“Good.” Qi Xuan nodded and responded, and then ordered someone to lead the doctor on the roof of the shed, and so after a while down, the doctor whispered, “Report to the marquis, someone in the roof of the hay coated with arsenic mixed.”

Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes to look at it, and then said, “When the porridge is boiled every day, this heat will rise up, and the arsenic powder within the hay will be dropped, and it just happens to fall into the porridge.”

“Hmph.” Mu Qingyuan snorted coldly, “To think of such a subtle method to create chaos.”

“Marquis, there are already a large number of people coming and going here, so there’s no way to check.” Mu Zi Yan said in a low voice.

“Add more manpower.” Mu Qingyuan coldly stared at the congee hut in front of him, then turned to leave.

When she returned to the government office, Mu Ziyan continued, “Father, these refugees are not ordinary refugees.”

“En.” Mu Qingyuan nodded his head and responded, “Otherwise it wouldn’t have rushed to the streets to alarm the people.”

“Father, this is just the beginning, these refugees are centrally guarded, and it’s also important that they don’t use this to start another riot.” Mu Zi Yan was silent for a moment and reminded.

“It’s just that these refugees can’t be disposed of, and since there’s no evidence, it can only be so.” Mu Qingyuan turned his eyes to look at Mu Ziyan, “I’ll take care of this matter, but you’ll be staying in Funan for a while.”

“There’s no harm in staying for a few more days.” Mu Zi Yan’s eyes flashed with a touch of coldness, since Zhong Xuan had already set up everything in this place, how could she miss a good show?

“Counting on it, your mother is also about to go into labor.” Mu Qingyuan’s eyes flashed with a touch of helplessness, “I wasn’t around when you and Xuan’er were born, so I’m afraid this little guy won’t be able to personally watch him come out.”

Mu Zi Yan tilted her head to look at Mu Qing Yuan, “Father, don’t worry, when my younger brother is a little older, I will bring him to see you.”

“Good.” Mu Qingyuan finally revealed a pleased smile.

Mu Zi Yan was silent for a moment, and when she turned around, she saw Qi Xuan enter the room, and she greeted him, “Cousin, I’m afraid that mountain is unsettled.”

“I’ve already deployed additional manpower.” Qi Xuan said in a warm voice.

“I’m afraid it won’t work.” Mu Zi Yan sighed, “Those refugees are not ordinary refugees, you can see today, they seem to be very good at robbing things.”

“Not bad.” Qi Xuan listened to Mu Zi Yan and then recalled the situation, “Cousin, it seems that these people are bandits.”

“They disguised as refugees into the Funan, but they revealed a crack, is that they claimed their own is Fubei over, now Fubei is not a major event, and how can escape over unless” Mu Zi Yan think this must be ignored what, now think carefully, probably the reason out of this place.

“Unless what” Mu Qingyuan asked as he looked at Mu Zi Yan.

“Unless something big has really happened in Fubei, and it’s still a good thing.” Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes to look at Mu Qing Yuan, “Father, has anything worth celebrating happened in Fubei recently”

“By the way, three months ago, the Fubei government rounded up the local cottage bandits.” Mu Qinyuan now suddenly realized, “You’re saying that the refugees fleeing into Funan right now are the bandits that Fubei eliminated”

“The local officials confirmed that all the bandits have been annihilated” Mu Zi Yan couldn’t help but ask in confusion.

“Fubei is not within my jurisdiction, is the newly sent officials to take over, less than two months after taking office will be entrenched in Fubei thirty years of rampant bandits doused, since the emperor’s commendation, that person I remember, is the son of the Secretary of the Ministry of the Army, is a person has a few points of the weird.” Mu Qingyuan said in a cold voice, “His name is Lu Li.”

“Lu Li,” Mu Zi Yan pondered for a long time, slowly turned around and paced back and forth within the lobby.

She remembered that in her previous life, there was indeed such a person, Lu Li’s heart is no less than Leng Hanfeng, but these two people seem to be extremely uncomfortable, but then Leng Hanfeng designed to frame Lu Li, Lu Li hanged himself.

When is it seems to have something to do with the government’s performance at the time, yes, it’s this group of bandits, if this group of refugees are bandits fleeing from the north of Fubei, and the purpose of these is the soil nitrate, all this is Zhong Xuan’s doing, Leng Feng Han must be involved in it, then this plan can be called a chain of tricks, not only to create chaos in Funan, and in this way, will be driven out of the father in Funan, and then the emperor will be able to send his own beloved to come, and now it is a blow to the State Ducal Palace and Marquis Mu’s house. And Marquis Mu, in addition, if this matter is deeply investigated, these refugees were found to be fleeing from the north of the Fubei bandits, then, Lu Li will be reported to the bandits rounded up the folding, is to deceive the king, Lu Li nature paranoid, how can tolerate this matter, if Leng Hanfeng secretly use the scheme, take the opportunity to kill Lu Li, to create the illusion that he was afraid of the crime to commit suicide, in this way, Leng Hanfeng is not to eliminate a strong rival!

If this plan really comes to fruition, Zhong Xuan and Leng Hanfeng will be the most pleased.

She wouldn’t let them get away with it.

“Father, these bandits cannot be kept.” Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes to look at Mu Qing Yuan, “There is a deception in this, just now when the turmoil, I’m afraid that someone has quietly sneaked into the mountains, if they use this to take over the mountains as the king, then at that time want to eradicate it will be even more difficult, if the emperor is aware of it, father is even more culpable.”

When Qi Xuan heard this, he continued, “Cousin has thought of something.”

“This Fubei’s bandits why will come to Funan how they escaped not to mention Lu Li’s nature, he even has the guts, but also will not make this kind of son of deceiving the king to exterminate the family thing, therefore, he must be framed.” Mu Zi Yan looked at Qi Xuan and said.

“If this is the case, if these bandits stay, by then not only Funan, even with Fubei will be swallowed” Qi Xuan thought of the depths of the plot behind the idea is to gradually control the entire Amazing Grace, their own people slowly infiltrate into the various places.

“Cousin guessed well.” Mu Zi Yan said in a low voice, “If this matter is really exposed, father and Lu Li must not get out of the line, along with cousin also has the crime of dereliction of duty, the State Duke’s Office and the Marquis Mu will be questioned about the crime, the emperor’s purpose is to weaken the State Duke’s Office’s military power, will certainly make a big fuss about this matter, forcing Grandpa to hand over the military power to, and father will be removed from the official position. “

“The Secretary of the Ministry of War is the third prince’s people, and Lu Li naturally, this is what everyone knows by heart, how could the emperor not know” Mu Zi Yan lowered his voice and said, “Therefore, the emperor will let things happen, he is good to sit back and reap the benefits of the fishers, but unfortunately, ah, the emperor is also but by the people behind the calculations. “

“Smokey,” Mu Keng Yuan raised his eyes and looked around, his eyes sank as he warned her that there were ears through the walls, after all.

Mu Zi Yan laughed lowly and said, “Father don’t worry, there won’t be any bystanders here to hear it.”

Qi Xuan knew that Mu Zi Yan had sent someone to secretly guard, since he would not disclose it, he looked at her, “The person behind this is trying to use the Emperor’s hand to eradicate dissenters, on the surface the Emperor struck the third prince, in fact, a Lu Li third prince really do not see in the eyes, perhaps Lu Li is just a dispensable chess piece in the hands of the third prince.”

“Cousin said good.” Mu Zi Yan responded approvingly, “Lu Li died, since there will be other officials to replace, then who will be next? I’m afraid that the third prince has secretly made a candidate, and there is this confidence that the emperor will surely be selected, and Funan this place, without father, is also the same, at that time, this earth nit will surely become the third prince’s bag.”

“What a deep calculation.” Mu Qing Yuan looked at Mu Zi Yan, “I’m afraid that this is not something that the Third Prince could have thought of, to implement this plan, it must have gone through a series of planning, and more importantly, those bandits, were they planted early on”

“Father is right.” Mu Zi Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, “Therefore, these bandits cannot be kept.”

“But now that they’ve fled into Funan as refugees, if I kill them all, the Emperor will still ask for punishment then.” It was this matter that Mu Qingyuan was worried about.

Muzzy Smoke continued, “That’s good.”

“What,” Mu Qingyuan looked at Mu Zi Yan, his eyes flashing with a bright light.

Mu Zi Yan said faintly, “Those refugees were centralized, the people outside since they don’t know what they look like, as long as they are all changed, and then let them gradually integrate into Funan City, who will still know”

“Yes.” Mu Qingyuan looked at Mu Ziyan and responded approvingly, “Thanks to you coming, you have solved this crisis for me.”

Mu Zi Yan looked at Mu Qing Yuan and said, “Father, my daughter knows that you have been able to see the clues here as well.”

“But it’s not as observant as you are, and as responsive as you are.” Mu Qingyuan sighed somewhat to himself, but was also doubly pleased.

That night, Mu Zi Yan went into the mountains with Qi Xuan, leading a group of people behind them, hiding in the jungle.

Waiting until late at night, he saw a figure swaying, holding a torch in his hand, seemingly looking for something.

Qi Xuan and Mu Zi Yan looked at each other, concealed their internal breath, and waited quietly.

After a while, dozens of people were seen leaving quickly.

“These people are really here to look for earth nitrate.” Qi Xuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, his gentle features transmitting a grave expression.

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded, “Still be careful.”

“Let’s go.” Qi Xuan led the people to follow, and after watching those people being introduced into the trap that had been set up earlier, the two of them led the men and horses to surround these people and shoot them on the spot without asking for the reason.

And then they disposed of as many of these bodies as they could, and they quickly descended the mountain.

Inside the refugee camp, countless officials and soldiers burst in late at night, cutting down all the other bandits, and after cleaning up, they saw some refugees in tattered clothes walking into the camp.

Everything was done silently, even a trace of blood odor was not left, until the next day dawn, Mu Zi Yan to the identity of the pseudonym will be the whole mountain bought, even with the back of the hot springs are also taken over, and at that moment ordered people to the mountain to be sealed up.

Mu Qinyuan pretended not to know, and Mu Ziyan quickly left Funan after making the arrangements that day.

Qi Xuan is still under orders to assist Mu Qingyuan in pacifying the refugees, and all is well.

Lu County, Zhong Xuan traveled to Yushui Country, but repeatedly hit a wall and could not see Ru Ji at all, she suppressed the doubts and anger in her heart and went back to Leng Han Feng’s place.

“How is it,” Leng Hanfeng asked as he looked at her.

“How else can it be” Zhong Xuan slammed her palm on the book case, her eyes cold, “Obviously it was already agreed upon before, how can it be that she suddenly changed her mind now?”

“There must be something fishy going on here.” Leng Hanfeng then sat down, “The reason should lie with Ru Ji’s husband.”

“Can you find out who this person is,” Zhong Xuan asked in a cold voice as she looked towards Leng Hanfeng.

“Can’t find out.” Leng Hanfeng shook his head, “Yushui country’s population is not much, but it is very united, once there is a foreigner who breaks in, it must be to ask what is going on, moreover, the one who can get in, must be the one who can’t get out.”

Zhong Xuan knew this and said in a low voice, “Be sure to find out about this person.”

“You’ve been here for some days, so it’s better to go back early.” Leng Hanfeng looked at Zhong Xuan, “There’s still no movement at Lu Li’s place.”

“Something went wrong there.” Zhong Xuan had also just gotten the news, which was why she was so angry.

“Could it have been recognized,” Leng Hanfeng asked as he looked towards Zhong Xuan.

“En.” Zhong Xuan nodded, “They’re all losers, killed overnight.”

“It seems that this Marquis Mu has some ability.” The corner of Leng Hanfeng’s mouth slightly hooked, mentioning Marquis Mu, then unconsciously thought of Mu Zi Yan, also do not know what her situation in the Imperial Tomb nowadays

But it doesn’t matter, he will return to the capital one day, at that time, he is bound to make Mu Zi Yan become his person, once the fifth prince is dead, who dares to marry her!

Zhong Xuan saw that Leng Hanfeng was silent, she frowned with both eyebrows, “What are you thinking”

“I was wondering if the Emperor would be furious with the dragon’s face if he knew about it.” Leng Hanfeng was able to switch his emotions very quickly, so after this Zhong Xuan had discovered something wrong with him, he was able to respond without moving.

Zhong Xuan said in a low voice, “What can be done about the great anger He has always regarded the State Duke’s Office as a great danger to his heart, but he can’t help but honor him, which is the disease in his heart, not to mention that, back then, when he ascended to the throne, if it wasn’t for the State Duke’s Office, the one who’s on the throne now would be the Liang King.”

Leng Hanfeng looked at Zhong Xuan, “In that case, His Majesty could not move the State Duke’s residence, yet he still wanted to exterminate it for the sake of killing people.”

“Not bad.” Zhong Xuan spoke coldly, “It’s just that the Emperor doesn’t know that the ones who know this secret, besides him and the current Empress Dowager, as well as the Cool King, the Duke of State, there’s actually one other person.”

“Who is it,” Leng Hanfeng asked in a low voice.

Zhong Xuan raised her eyes to look at Leng Hanfeng and slowly got up, “You don’t need to know about this, you just need to do a good job of being the governor of this side of the country, within three years, you will definitely be able to go back in style and splendor, and you will be able to get the Emperor’s reappointment.”

“Good.” When Leng Hanfeng saw Zhong Xuan say this, he knew that it was useless for him to say more, lest he incur her suspicion, and in this situation he was in now, he could not be centrifuged from her.

Zhong Xuan saw Leng Hanfeng answering in a low voice, she bent down and stroked her slender fingers across his handsome face, the corner of her mouth hooked up in an evil smile, “I will definitely tell you in the future.”

“No harm done.” Leng Hanfeng, however, spoke without thinking.

Zhong Xuan’s eyes narrowed, cutting through a cold, ghostly light as she slowly straightened her back, “It’s time for me to return to the capital, my Shizi brother is all alone now.”

“Yes, the Third Prince is afraid that he is also thinking of you.” Leng Hanfeng said coldly.

“Jealous,” Zhong Xuan turned to look at him with a smirk.

“What do you think,” Leng Hanfeng lowered his eyes and picked up his teacup, taking a sip of it.

Zhong Xuan smiled pleasantly and sat down in his arms, the two of them lingering since.

Mu Zi Yan returned to the imperial tomb, it is already five days later, since the imperial tomb’s bedchamber rested for the night, then heard a loud noise outside.

Biyun and Yunxiang followed Mu Ziyan this time, although did not help anything, but also grew some insight.

Bi Yun was fetching water in when her eyes flashed with a flash of fear, “Eldest Miss, that ghostly figure has appeared again.”

Mu Zi Yan faintly raised her eyebrows, “I’ll go take a look.”

“Yes.” Bi Yun answered in a low voice and did not stop him.

Mu Zi Yan out of the palace, went straight to the royal mausoleum underground, driving easily and familiarly into the burial place of the fifth prince, then saw Jun Qian Yu is leaning against a stone pillar, carrying a lantern in his hand, obviously waiting for her.

“This again,” Muzzy Smoke asked, staring at him.

“Smokey, you recognized Zhong Xian as your third brother” Jun Qian Yu but asked directly.

“En.” Mu Zi Yan responded frankly.

“Then what do you think I’m called” Jun Qian Yu asked as he leaned over and placed the lantern in her hand.

“The Fifth Prince” Mu Zi Yan raised her eyebrows, not knowing that he had come here specifically for this purpose

“Call Fifth Brother.” Jun Qian Yu was silent for a moment, “Although a little smaller than third brother, he is nevertheless heavier.”

The corner of Mu Zi Yan’s mouth turned away, “Jun Qian Yu, you came here specifically for this”

“If you call me fifth brother, I will tell you one thing.” Jun Qian Yu said with a raised eyebrow, the handsome and stunningly beautiful face at the moment through the cold and damp tomb flooded with a faint halo, lips seem to be more colorful red than in previous days, the corner of the mouth hooked up a shallow smile, like a white lotus out of the mud, there was a moment, Mu Zi Yan felt that the Jun Qian Yu in front of him was too beautiful to be true.

She coughed dryly a few times and gathered her thoughts, it was true that beauty was a mistake.

“Fifth Brother.” Mu Zi Yan knew that what Jun Qian Yu could blackmail her about must be a big deal, so she had to take a step back and call out, and it wouldn’t be less meat anyway.

Jun Qian Yu, however, was unforgiving up, “I didn’t hear it.”

“Fifth brother.” Mu Zi Yan raised her finger, “If there are three times, I will leave.”

Jun Qian Yu raised his hand and touched the hairpin on top of her head, his fingertips tickling the silver tassels, bringing up the slightest of tantalizing ripples, just this not-so-easy action was ridiculously beautiful.

Mu Zi Yan raised her eyebrows and looked straight into his eyes that smiled more and more mesmerizingly, like a bright moon, bright and cold.

“The Void Abbot of Yun Ying Temple is your third uncle’s real father.” Jun Qian Yu said indifferently.

“What about my second uncle,” Mu Zi Yan asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Your second uncle is also not biological” Jun Qian Yu obviously a beat, then put away the eyes low doubt, and then said, “just I wonder, your grandfather could not know before he was born”

“I don’t know.” Mu Zi Yan can’t go to the border nowadays, once she is found out, then everything she has done will surely be a lost cause, so now she can only slow down a little bit more.

“Old Lady and Abbot Void, what exactly are these two for” Mu Zi Yan felt that the conspiracy involved behind this matter was so huge that she couldn’t even guess it today.

“If you can’t find out, then wait, until they can’t wait any longer, they will reveal their fox tails.” Jun Qian Yu looks at Mu Zi Yan, “However, what you said about Mu Qing Lin, I think we should start by investigating from the person you got this truth from.”

“It seems I have overlooked quite a few things.” Mu Zi Yan stared at Jun Qian Yu’s long figure as he came closer, she then took a few more steps backward and tilted her head back to look straight at him, “Fifth Brother is in a hurry to come and go, and for what”

“Smoke wants to know,” Jun Qian Yu raised his eyebrows, then with a dashing spin, he sat down on a futon, “Then Smoke will wait for me to reveal my tail and will know.”

“Oh.” Mu Zi Yan raised her eyebrows, “Fifth brother is a fox.”

“Does Smokey like foxes” Jun Qian Yu had one hand propped up on his jaw and one hand hooked up the green silk on his chest, this posture, this look was quite seductive.

“Don’t like it.” Mu Zi Yan knew that he meant it, she slowly returned, and then she threw the lantern in her hand to him.