red wheel

Chapter 323 Why is it so strange

Dayue, Prince Qi's Mansion.

In the study, Prince Qi Nangong Chu paced back and forth with an anxious expression, and looked outside from time to time.

for a long time.

I saw Zhou Tai hurried over with a bundle in his hand.

Nangong Chu looked at it and asked anxiously, "But did you get it back?"

"I took it back." Zhou Tai replied, hurriedly opened the bag, took out the wooden box inside, and opened the wooden box: "My lord, please take a look."

I saw the incomplete piece of blood jade lying in the wooden box!
Nangong Chu was overjoyed for a moment, and quickly picked up the blood jade and turned it back and forth, left and right, and looked at it: "Finally got it, this king finally got it!"

Zhou Tai said: "Yes, my lord has helped Emperor Ming Xi for so long, and today I finally got the blood jade."

Nangong Chu's face darkened: "It's a pity that the blood jade is not complete now, and the incomplete blood jade may not be useful to the princess. It is not known whether the jade heart is still in Emperor Mingxi's hands."

Zhou Tai hurriedly comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Daoist Lingxu is already aware of this matter, I believe news will come soon."

"Yeah." Nangong Chu said, "Zhou Tai, send a letter to urge Taoist Master Lingxu to speed up."

"If it continues, when Emperor Ming Xi and Xiao Jinxi arrive at the northern border, the two will fight for military power. I'm afraid we will have to really fight this battle."

"Moreover, there has been a lot of trouble in the imperial court recently. After a long time, Li Yuan should not be able to hide it from the queen mother. I am afraid that the spearhead will be pointed at us."

Zhou Tai hurriedly replied: "Yes, my lord, my subordinates know."

Nangong Chu then became angry: "This Emperor Mingxi is looking for trouble for himself! He even brought Xiao Jinxi to the northern border. He only wants to take Xiao Jinxi as a hostage, so stupid!"

"Could it be that he thought that the Xiao Jinxi now would be as easy to handle as before!"

Zhou Tai said: "My lord is right. My lord, is this Xiao Jinxi really going to compete with Emperor Ming Xi for military power in the northern border?"

Nangong Chu smiled: "Of course she wants to fight. If she doesn't fight for the military power, the Marquis of Wu'an will be destroyed. Xiao Jinxi knows it very well!"

"Before she got the imperial edict, as the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an, she was not allowed to come to the northern border without permission. Now that she has the permission of Emperor Mingxi, coming to the northern border is just in line with her wishes!"

"The military power in the northern border has been in the hands of the Marquis of Wu'an for more than 200 years. Xiao Jinxi was originally the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an, and she has always been highly regarded in the hearts of Tianqi's people. She really came to the northern border and won the army of the northern border. The support is also reasonable.”

"Besides, Xiao Hengyu's whereabouts are only unknown now, but he is not dead. Xiao Jinxi's arrival in the northern region will buy time for Xiao Hengyu and drag him back until Xiao Hengyu returns. At that time, the military power in the northern region will naturally return to Xiao Hengyu's hands."

"Then Emperor Ming Xi's personal conquest by the imperial chariot will become a ridiculous reward for the three armies!"

"How could Emperor Mingxi allow things to develop like this! Before that, the two must have a contest!"

Zhou Tai understood instantly, and replied: "My lord is right. Originally, Marquis Wu'an was seriously ill and Xiao Hengyu was missing. We can control this battle very well."

"Once we get the complete blood jade, we can retreat in time without losing too much."

Nangong Chu smiled at the corner of his mouth: "I'm curious. Emperor Mingxi failed to kill Xiao Hengyu at Linfengdu before. What method did he use now to make Xiao Hengyu disappear and his whereabouts are still unknown? The strength of Emperor Mingxi should not be underestimated." ah!"

Zhou Tai nodded and said: "My lord is right. Emperor Mingxi originally wanted us to seriously injure Xiao Hengyu, but he did it himself. That's good, it saves us trouble."

"But now that Xiao Jinxi is here, if the army from the north is inclined towards Xiao Jinxi, there will probably be more incidents."

Nangong Chu's eyes darkened: "That's right, now that Xiao Jinxi is here, I don't know what will happen!"

Then he smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "Since Emperor Ming Xi wants to find trouble for himself, we will help him and find more things."

"Zhou Tai, send someone to secretly send a few words to Xiao Jinxi, about General Li Yuan. This king has now found out. This person wants to be reused by the Queen Mother and monopolize the power. He just created trouble and provoked war between the two countries."

"This king has obtained the evidence, which can be handed over to the court to mediate the war. But the premise is that she must help the king get the complete blood jade!"

"If she can't do it, I don't mind adding more fire to this battle!"

Zhou Tai hurriedly bowed and replied: "Yes, this subordinate understands."

"My lord, if Xiao Jinxi also sets out to find the blood jade, we will be able to follow the clues and find the trace of Yu Xin after a fight between these two."

"That's right. We can't count on these two people, so we can only find them by ourselves." Nangong Chu said, while looking down at the blood jade in his hand, the doubts in his eyes became more and more intense, and his brows were frowned. dignified face...

Zhou Tai asked worriedly: "My lord, what's the matter with you? But there is something wrong with this blood jade? Could it be that this blood jade is fake?"

However, Nangong Chu shook his head and said: "No, Emperor Mingxi knew that I had seen the blood jade in the palace back then, so he didn't dare to lie to me with fake ones. This blood jade is real."

"But why is the position of Yuxin so strange?"

Zhou Tai wondered, "Yuxin? What's wrong?"

Nangong Chu said: "Zhou Tai, look here. I have seen the complete blood jade back then. At that time, the jade was so perfect that it was almost flawless. There was no bayonet at all in the middle. It looked like a whole piece. jade!"

"But now Yuxin is gone, and there is no bayonet in the empty circle. Then how did Yuxin fit in it?"

Hearing this, Zhou Tai hurriedly lowered his head to look at it, and for a moment, he said: "Yes, my lord, looking at this position, the jade heart should be able to be taken out at will. But why is it recorded in ancient books that it is difficult to find a person who opens the blood jade for a hundred years? "

Nangong Chu's eyes were full of doubts, and he shook his head: "No, the blood jade back then, I can be sure that the jade heart could not be taken out at will. Moreover, the blood jade back then was so perfect that it was impossible to see that the jade heart could be separated .”

Zhou Tai hurriedly comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry. When Daoist Lingxu finds out, he will definitely reply to you as soon as possible."

Nangong Chu was in a trance, nodded in response: "Okay, okay."

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A place in the wilderness.

Xiao Yun sat under the big tree, gnawed dry food in his hands, and glanced at the branches of a big tree in front of him from time to time.

On that branch, at this moment, there is a carrier pigeon, and the carrier pigeon is resting its feet leisurely, and a red cloth strip is tied to the pigeon's leg!

Next to Xiao Yun was the thousand-mile steed, and a pigeon cage was hung on the horse's back. Several pigeons were locked in the pigeon cage, and a red cloth strip was tied to each pigeon's leg.

At this moment, Xiao Yun hoped to follow the flight path of the pigeons to find the stronghold in the north, and he was even more afraid that if a pigeon lost its track, the pigeon on the horse would be there just in case.

Xiao Yun stared at the carrier pigeon on the branch, but there was melancholy in his eyes, and he murmured: "Mei'er, if we had known today, we should have resolutely taken Xuan'er away in the first place. Even if he would hate us, it would be better than today's situation." Like!"

"I know that these years, he has not been feeling well. But now that he and the Marquis of Wu'an have gotten into such a fight, if in the end all of this can't be as he wished, what should the emperor do?"

Suddenly, the carrier pigeon on the branch spread its wings and flew high into the sky. When Xiao Yun saw it, he immediately jumped on the horse's back and rode his horse to catch up with the flying pigeon.

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(End of this chapter)