The punishment of the female imperial court

Chapter 168 The Lan Family and the Royal Family

"I heard that the Yi family has been missing in Shu for more than ten years. Even the people in the palace can't find any trace of them. The chaos at the border ten years ago caused unrest in the whole world, and bandits often appeared in Shu. , many wealthy businessmen and high-ranking people are regarded as targets, and I am afraid they will also suffer."

Yu Qiansi didn't say anything for a long time, only playing with the two piles of newly carved bamboo cards on the table. For a moment, the only sound in the room was the dull sound of bamboo and wood joining together.

After a long time, she snorted coldly, stood up and said disdainfully: "Didn't you say 'calculate all the secrets of heaven'? You can't even calculate whether your own fate is right or not?"

Boyi frowned, his eyes followed her, and he saw her walking to the bamboo wall, with her back to him, playing with the bamboo cards in her hand.

He stood up and followed over, explaining: "The Yi family has promised not to use the Qiankun deduction easily, unless it is a matter of major concern to the world. In other words, it can only be used to calculate for the emperor when there are abnormalities in the celestial phenomena, and nothing else."

Yu Qiansi narrowed her eyes, stared at the bamboo wall and smiled: "What exactly do you want to say?"

The tip of his delicate nose wrinkled slightly, and he spoke with impatience, which made Boyi feel like he was back to the day when the two of them went to Lingyun Pavilion for the first time.

He didn't have time to think carefully about this flash of weirdness. He leaned against the wall, stared at her slightly drooped long eyelashes, and said word by word: "Aru, I've been saying this for so long, but have you ever heard of it?" Any information about the Lan family?"

The Lan family?
It was for this.

Yu Qiansi's eyes returned to clarity, and the ends of her eyebrows were slightly lowered: "Indeed, I have never heard of it."

No one knows where the Lan family is located or how the Lan family came to be.

The land where the four major families lived was divided by the Emperor of the Great Sheng Dynasty. Although the area was vast, the four families were not allowed to cross the border and communicate with each other at will, and they were not allowed to leave at will without an edict.In order to achieve the purpose of seclusion, I heard that the four families have their own methods of changing their families. For example, the Mo family will often change clan residences and cities in the northwest, but never take a step outside the northwest.

But in these thousands of years, no one has ever heard of matters related to the Lan family, which is a bit strange.

"That's because the Chang Yulan tribe is now guarding the imperial mausoleum."

This is a secret that only some people in the Dasheng royal family know.

Yu Qiansi was shocked: "Why is this?"

Too surprised, she turned to look at Boyi, and then suddenly realized that the distance between the two was actually a little too close.

Boyi didn't expect that she would turn around suddenly, and the tip of her nose that was still impatient just now almost touched his face.He was panicking and quickly took two steps back. However, the wall of bamboo signs that had been quiet just now began to shake in pieces, and dull but unique sounds came and went.

He immediately lowered his head. When she looked over just now, the reflection of the bamboo sign was still sparkling in his eyes, like the blue lake surface under the bright light of spring and scenery.

When he calmed down his breathing and saw that there was nothing strange on the other side, he spoke out to suppress the sudden silence below him and replied: "I don't know the specific reason. I only know that after Emperor Gaozu established the dynasty, the four tribes declared to the outside world to live in seclusion. A few years ago, Emperor Gaozu received a secret message from the Lan family, saying that he was willing to demote himself as a slave of the Jiang family and protect the imperial mausoleum for the Jiang family for generations."

"Willing?" Yu Qiansi's lips curled up with sarcasm, and she looked at Boyi with a smile. These two words came out of her mouth, clear and enchanting and full of interest.

No one would be willing to be a slave, let alone the hero who founded the dynasty.Even though the original business of the four families was not considered to be in the upper echelons, and it was not comparable to the hairpins of the era of wealthy families, they would not be willing to sink to this level.

Boyi naturally knew this truth, especially after that night ten years ago, he felt that there must be some ulterior secret between the Lan family and the Jiang family.

I just thought that everything had nothing to do with me, but I didn't expect to encounter these things so soon.

He raised his head to look at her expression secretly, but saw that she seemed to be immersed in the current story of the Lan family, and there was nothing unusual about it. Then he slumped his shoulders slightly and breathed a sigh of relief, but the cup of half-cold tea he just drank was too cold. The stamina also surged up, causing a slight astringency.

It surges up from the throat and stops on the tip of the tongue, lingering for a long time. "I say all this just to remind you that since you have decided to go with the saint, if you go to the imperial mausoleum, don't be too close to the Lan family just because you are a member of the Yu family. In any case, you should be more careful with them. The heart is better."

After saying this, Yu Qiansi noticed something strange.

At first, she thought that Boyi was trying to test the affairs of her four families. Unexpectedly, it led to a direction that she had never cared about.

In other words, she hates the identity of the four tribes and has never taken these things to heart.

The Lan family...?

She rolled her eyelashes and looked thoughtfully at Boyi, who rarely showed some uneasiness.

It was worthy of his special warning. It was definitely not that simple if he had a close relationship with the royal family.

"But you have said so much, but you still haven't told me, why did the saint go to the imperial mausoleum? Is it just to take a look at the Lan family?"

Boyi lowered his hand to reach for the cup of cold tea. He rubbed the edge of the teacup with his fingertips. The late autumn chill was so intense that he unknowingly chilled the new tea in the cup. He could feel the chill on his fingertips through the teacup. .

I guess something went wrong.
"I don't know the specific reason, but the purpose of this trip must be for the Lan family."

The case of the Hall of Prayer has now made the two of them very anxious and exhausted.He didn't want Aru to be implicated in other things again.So what if it involves royal family secrets?After all, he is just a lonely ghost now and has nothing to do with the royal family. As long as he can protect her, he will say it.

Seeing him staring at her earnestly, Yu Qiansi nodded sharply and said, "Okay, I promise you, I will take more precautions against the Lan family."

Boyi breathed a sigh of relief, leaned half against the wall again, and asked, "When will we set off?"

"Tomorrow we will tell the world that the guard of honor will go out in ten days. However, according to the sacred command, you and I have no bodyguards. We will take the guard of honor first and lead the saint to Longyuan incognito. All civil and military officials will follow the emperor's guard of honor."

"Are you worried about someone causing trouble on the way?"

But when traveling incognito, if the person behind the scenes intended to ambush you along the way, wouldn't this be a trap?

Yu Qiansi seemed to understand the inappropriate meaning in his eyes: "What happened in the palace that night, naturally there was an insider. The journey was a test. In fact, not only us, but also the Imperial Guards will also receive the same message. news."

Boyi understood instantly.

"So, each team will receive the news in advance, but the travel dates and routes are different. If there is an ambush along the way, they will be able to narrow down the scope and find out the culprit?"

"That's right," Yu Qiansi nodded, raised his head and flipped through the bamboo signs on the wall from time to time, and said: "Not many people know the complete plan. All the troops sent are good soldiers. At present, they are just telling the ministries to prepare in advance. The specific time to set off and which route to take will be notified until the day of departure, at which time the saint will select a team to follow."

But having said that
Boyi leaned back and said, "Maybe you should follow us in the end."

Yu Qiansi shrugged: "Who knows?"

"But there is still one thing that needs your help." Yu Qiansi motioned for him to come closer: "Let your confidant Jiu Shu go to Yunzhong City to find a skilled and bold-tongued native master to follow us secretly."

(End of this chapter)