After rebirth, White Lotus forced her husband to be a good man

Chapter 34 Assassination
"Look at you, you are already a mother, and you are still so busy all day long. Not everything in the camp cannot be done without you. I will go by myself tomorrow, and you can take care of me at home with peace of mind," Tan Xiaoxian held the hand Jiang Xinlan held her in his arms and slowly walked into the house from outside the courtyard door.

Jiang Xinlan smiled, the two dimples at the corners of her lips were warm and touching, and her eyes held the heroic spirit of a woman in the military camp. However, for a moment, her expression turned slightly heavy, "General, can you take a look at the account books my father sent yesterday?" What happened?"

Tan Xiaoxian helped her sit on the bench. The moonlight outside the house was clear and bright. He wrapped his hands around Jiang Xinlan's little hand, and there was some worry between his eyebrows, but not much.

He looked at Jiang Xinlan with his sword eyes and said, "As for the account books of the six major banks in Nanjiang, I have checked them side by side. The largest amount among those banknotes is the relief money from the Beiguan Battle. During the battle that year, The weather was bitterly cold and the situation in Beiguan was extremely severe. Lan Xian sent a battle report back to the court and asked for relief, and the emperor allocated 30 taels."

He paused and then said, "According to the records of the accounting room, the six major bank houses have received the bank note and the note, and each bank has allocated 5 taels of silver, and Qiancao County in Beiguan, After receiving the 30 taels of relief money, I also made instructions on the account book to receive it into the treasury. So logically speaking, there should be no problem with this batch of money."

Jiang Xinlan frowned slightly, with doubt in her tone, "But my father said that the banknote and the note were not invalidated, which means that there is still someone who can use this ticket and the royal letter to borrow money from the bank? How could this be so?"

Qin Xiaoxian nodded, "That's true. And I checked the account books of the next few years. Every year around the first month, I will receive the so-called relief allocation notes and banknotes. I disburse money at the beginning of the year, but when I check the warehouse at the end of the year, there are no records in the account books." According to the instructions, the treasury had enough money, but there was no such expenditure, and there were no signed banknotes or notes left, so a red line was drawn to indicate that this expenditure did not exist. This point, I especially can’t figure it out.”

"Although during the recorded time, no disasters occurred in Dayu, and there were no border wars that required relief, but it happened every year, and it just happened that the accountants miscalculated this account every year? I always feel that there is something wrong with this. questionable."

Jiang Xinlan thought for a while and shook her head slightly, "I don't think so. The six major treasury in Nanjiang are in charge of the treasury. They are directly subordinate to His Majesty and do not take orders from anyone. And in the liquidation at the end of the year, there are so few records because they have not been checked. The details of approved but not disbursed funds are not a rare thing, after all, this kind of thing happens all the time in the Ministry of War's warehouse, not to mention the national treasury that generates tens of thousands of dollars every day."

Tan Xiaoxian thought for a while, then raised his head and glanced at the sky, "Brother asked me to go to him tonight to briefly talk about the recent situation. Xinlan, you take a rest for a while. I will be back in about half an hour." After that, He stood up.

Jiang Xinlan thought for a moment, raised her hand to hold him, her clear eyes filled with a little worry, "General, it concerns the Lan family, so be careful." She held Tan Xiaoxian's hand and squeezed it slightly.

Tan Xiaoxian raised his hand and caressed her face, his eyes filled with unabashed love, "I remember, don't worry."

The courtyard where Qin Yun lived was not far from Qin Xiaoxian. It started to snow in the middle of the night, and the weather outside was much colder. Before Qin Xiaoxian could reach the door of the courtyard, he heard the sound of swords and swords coming from inside.

He walked forward and saw Qin Yun waving a long sword on the snow with an outstanding posture.His swordsmanship has always been unique to Dayu. Among all the swords, not one of them is unstable, and he has always been invincible on the battlefield.

When Qin Yun heard someone coming, he stopped and turned around. His blue and white temples were already covered with residual snow, and his once heroic eyes were covered with a layer of smoothness and deep loneliness.

He put the sword back into its scabbard and sat at the table with Tan Xiaoxian. Due to the cold weather, his body was no longer the iron-blooded man who could still be enthusiastic in the extremely cold place of Beiguan. On the contrary, he was more afraid of the cold than ordinary people. Occasionally Dancing swords and practicing martial arts are mostly just to comfort myself.

"I heard that you and Jiang Fan have been traveling a lot recently. Is this matter almost fully investigated?" Qin Yun asked.

Tan Xiaoxian glanced at him and said, "I have obtained some information recently, but it is of little use. My father wants me to pin this matter directly on them if we can't find any evidence anymore. The evidence required for this step is probably Already collected.”

Qin Yun's hand holding the sword tightened slightly, and his eyes sternly said, "But this is not evidence, this is a frame-up. Third brother, my father and I will discuss this matter again. You can put aside what you are doing for the time being and take a good rest." It's been a while. You haven't returned to Beijing for many years, and now your sister-in-law is pregnant. Take good care of her and don't always focus on other unimportant things."

Tan Xiaoxian raised his sword eyes slightly, looked at him, and said in a calm voice, "Brother, this matter cannot be stopped. The Qin family army's neck was pinched by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is not a matter of a day or two. At present, the power of the Xiao family is overwhelming, and the emperor upholds moderation. However, due to pressure from the government and the opposition, they were unable to sanction the Xiao family. The Qin family was the only supporter of the imperial power. Regardless of whether Guan Li was innocent or not, it was true that he had done evil and was corrupt and perverted the law. Even if our methods were not fair, he There is no injustice at all. For the future of Qin Wuhou Mansion, the most important thing is to overthrow Guan Li as soon as possible and check and balance the power of the Xiao family."

"I said no, I just can't," Qin Yun's expression turned cold and solemn, and he pressed his sword on the stone table with a creaking sound. He looked at Qin Xiaoxian sternly, "The Xiao family is the Xiao family, and the official is in charge of the household department, so it is inevitable that there will be no consequences. There are thousands of mistakes made every day, how can we guarantee that every one of them is correct?"

"But this is not a small amount, 30 taels. It is a silver tael that was clearly allocated by his account department, and the silver taels were not stamped with a signature. What is the calculation of the person behind it? I'm afraid It's so sinister! Brother, this is not the time to be kind to a woman..." Tan Xiaoxian persuaded her earnestly.

Qin Yun clenched his molar teeth slightly, and after a moment, he took a breath and breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, since you and dad have both decided to do this, I can only do my best to help. It's getting late. Go back and lie down." He stood up.

Tan Xiaoxian stood up and stopped him, "By the way, brother, where did the second sister go? Just now Xinlan brought her something, but she didn't see her in the room. When I asked the maid, she was hesitant."

Qin Yun looked at him with slightly tired eyes, lowered his voice and leaned close to his ear, "Second sister has gone to Jiayu."

"What? She...she broke into the imperial mausoleum privately?" Tan Xiaoxian was very shocked.Except for the descendants of the Ye and Xiao families, no one else was allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum.

"Maybe you're worried about the Night King. You have to keep this matter a secret. Don't let dad know, otherwise we will both suffer." Qin Yun warned.

Tan Xiaoxian nodded slowly. He originally took the opportunity of giving a gift to ask Tan Yuwang if he could meet Ye Niansi alone and ask him something.Now it seems that we can only discuss it after they come back together.

Seeing Tan Xiaoxian leave from behind the red pillar, Tan Yun had a complicated expression in his eyes, and his hands in his sleeves tightened slightly.He knew that Qin Yu wanted military power, the emperor wanted stability, Qin Xiaoxian wanted military exploits, Qin Yuwang wanted happiness, Qin Wuhou's mansion wanted to last for generations, and the family should be established...

But why should all this be done at the expense of his interests and his wife's relatives?If he had decided to deal with Guan Li from the beginning, why did Qin Yu agree when Guan Li came to propose marriage?
For the first time, he felt that he had no say in this family.The only person who truly loved him was Guan Changyi. Even though no one in the family liked her, and even the old lady and Tan Yu would embarrass her in public, she still endured it.

He looked at the now outstanding Tan Xiaoxian, and the injustice and resentment in his heart, as well as the flesh-and-blood kinship that he had forced himself to imagine, disappeared behind his ears at this moment. The only thing left in his mind was the one-foot-square square behind him. , a place he could call home, a place where he could stay when he was hungover.

It snowed heavily all night, and the cold wind howled all night. Just after midnight, Ye Niansi stood up from the kneeling mat with a little force on his waist and abdomen, leaving a blood-red mark on the mat. Because he had been kneeling for a long time, Ye Niansi stood holding the candlestick. After a while, he managed to straighten up.He walked slowly to the door of the main hall, looking at the clear sky with his black eyes.Occasionally, a few ants would pass by his feet. When they saw him, they would smell it for a while, and then raise their front paws to worship him as if they were bowing. Ye Niansi squatted down and raised his hand to caress the ants that were as small as dust. His eyes were clear, and his dark eyes slid to one side with concern, "I don't know if that woman is still alive and well."

He was meticulous when preparing the medicine, and he confirmed it again and again after the prescription was made, but when he thought of Tan Yuwang's face, a trace of shameful uneasiness emerged in his heart, which was full of calculations.

"That's all, her life and death have nothing to do with me." He stood up with cold eyes, stepped lightly over the little ants, walked slowly to the grass, looked around, and grabbed two or three grass roots. Pulling hard to loosen the frozen soil.

On the side of the hill in the distance, two shining bows were facing his heart. The black-clothed killer with only his eyes outside his body had calm and vicious eyes at the moment, and their peripheral vision kept looking at him not far away. The man in front of him was waiting for his order to kill the man in front of him.

Xiao Yan stepped off the white horse, raised his hand and raised the cloak hanging on the saddle, and put it on his hair. He stared straight at the place where Ye Niansi was, and raised his hand slightly, Fingertips flicked randomly.

This was a random move, the clouds were light and the wind was gentle, and the weak force could not even break the grass. Even the ants might have a seed, but Ye Niansi's life had already been decided.

Two thin arrows with blood-red venom on their tips were pointed in the direction of Ye Niansi and shot out!

Ye Niansi held the grass in his hand and was about to stand up, when he saw the arrows approaching with a chill in his black eyes. He turned sideways with a stern look on his face and dodged one, but another arrow pierced his right chest in an instant.

He raised his hand to cover his chest tightly, frowned, and a streak of blood slipped from the corner of his lips. He quickly turned around and fled to the dense forest behind the hall. On the snow in the distance, there was originally endless peace and tranquility, but suddenly dozens of dead people appeared. Soldiers, they held daggers in their hands, and there was a cold light beside them, which penetrated into the jungle like a sharp blade, following Ye Niansi.

The dense forest behind the sacrificial hall leads directly to a mountain called Wuliang Mountain. Every June, the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter appear in the mountain at the same time. It is a wonder. The royal palace is built not far from here. The racecourse and the forest behind the racecourse belong to it.

Ye Niansi still had some impression of the path in the forest.Because Wuliang Mountain is far away and sparsely populated, it is an excellent natural place for horse training. Before Ye Niansi was six years old, many princes wanted the emperor to take him here to play, but the emperor never agreed. Ye Niansi can be protected by the palace guards at all times and come here to train.

He hid behind a huge rock, surrounded by bushes half as tall as a man. The bushes were covered with snow, which was hidden by the plain white clothes on his body. He leaned against the stone, endured the pain, and broke off the long arrow. Breaking it off, he expressionlessly inserted his finger into the wound and dug out the arrowhead. When he took it out, the blood had turned dark brown.

He took two breaths, slowly closed his eyes, and tried to ease his breathing as much as possible. Once his breathing speeded up, the poison would quickly spread throughout his body. He remembered that there was an orchid grass on the dark side of Wulang Mountain. At this time of year, there were no orchids yet. It opened, and the orchid fruit buried deep in the ground was a good antidote recorded in the witch doctor's book.

He raised his eyes and glanced at the sky. The sun was shining brightly where he was at the moment. If he wanted to go to Shanyin, he would need to walk for at least a day and a night.

"Where have people gone?"

"I just saw him running this way, let's look for him again."

Two people came over, the knives they held in their hands were cold and gleaming. Their eyes were expressionless, full of blood and killing. They flew quickly towards the bushes on this side. Wherever the dagger touched, no matter how solid and thick it was, The branch was also broken into two pieces.

Ye Niansi held his breath and looked calm. He pressed his hand tightly on his injury and stared at them with his black eyes.

But the poison of the wound followed, and he began to gradually become dizzy, his eyes were spinning, he couldn't see the person coming, and he began to feel faint. Although he didn't know what the poison was, but judging from this reaction, it would definitely make him very fast. He fell into a coma, so he must not fall asleep and must stay awake.

He shook his head slightly, trying not to faint, and his body became weaker and weaker.

"Who's there?"

"There seems to be movement!" Two killers walked towards him.

Suddenly, a signal bomb was released from the bottom of the mountain, rushed into the sky, and exploded.The two killers looked at each other, which was a signal to retreat quickly. Although they didn't know what happened, they understood that Xiao Yan's order was not unreasonable.

So they quickly turned around and climbed over the cliff with slight steps. In a moment, they disappeared without a trace.

Ye Niansi's remaining consciousness was naturally aware of the reason for the signal cannon. He didn't know why the leader of the group asked them to retreat.

But then a person came and gave him the answer to his doubts.

Qin Yuwang held a long bow in his hand, stuck one end in the snow, and climbed up the mountain with great effort. There were black mud marks on both sides of his face. Because Lan Yin slipped just now, she also fell weightless. Finally, she reached the main hall. But he didn't see anyone, so he went up the mountain to look for him.

"Yeniansi? Ye Niansi -" Qin Yuwang's voice was long and distant. Ye Niansi raised his black eyes and glanced at her, then lost his strength and fell into the bushes. The wound on his chest gushed out dark brown. The blood came and dyed his clothes red.

(End of this chapter)