"No one likes war." Lan Qiao stared at Hua Yuxi's wonderful chime performance and said calmly, "Look, the queue is getting longer and longer."

Wang Xiaowan didn't care how long the queue was. He stared at Hua Yuxi on the stage without blinking and said, "Hua's chimes dance really opened my eyes and amazed me. I didn't expect that even if she lost her voice,

There's still a way to be the center of attention."

Lan Qiao turned to look at Li Jinglong, but saw that he was sitting in a chair. Although his master was doing the work for him, he was nodding and greeting every applicant who came to participate in the reserve team amiably, smiling from ear to ear. He took advantage of the gap to occasionally look up to the stage.

Looking at it, his eyes showed an intoxicated look, as if he was very satisfied with the chime dance that Hua Yuxi had improvised.

It seemed that Hua Yuxi would not be punished. Lan Qiao felt as if a stone had fallen to the ground. Just as he was about to chat with Wang Xiaowan, he suddenly saw a primary school student rushing to the side of the Chief Envoy Tie Xuan and whispered a few words.

After Tiexuan's expression suddenly changed, he immediately got up and walked towards Li Jinglong, looking to the southeast as he walked. Li Jinglong saw Tiexuan coming to look for him with a solemn expression, and he quickly got up and waved away his men, and walked away with Tiexuan.

Go to a quiet place next to the stage to talk.

Lan Qiao knew something had changed, and immediately gathered his ears, and unintentionally walked nearby to eavesdrop. He only heard Tie Xuan say in a deep voice, "The news just came that there was a fire in the granary. Please tell me how to deal with it, the general."

Lan Qiao was shocked when he heard the words "granary fire". He turned his head and looked to the southeast, and saw faint black smoke rising in the distance. He knew that what Tie Xuan said was true. Li Jinglong was also surprised.

Somewhat uncontrollably, he said angrily, "There was a fire in the granary. How did you become the chief envoy? Huh, there must be spies from Yan Ni who deliberately came to cause damage. You are also the prefect of Jinan. Do you have to ask me what to do?"

"

Tie Xuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "In this case, I will immediately dispatch the city guards to the granary to put out the fire. At the same time, I will hunt down the spies who set the fire and hand them over to the general."

"Stop talking nonsense and go quickly," Li Jinglong said irritably, "If there is no explanation for the thousands of stones of food being burned like this, this ceremony will become a big joke."

Knowing that he would not hear any useful information anymore, Lan Qiao left quietly. He did not go back to his seat to enjoy Hua Yuxi's bell dance, but left the Love Poetry Square directly and rushed towards the fire granary. This thing was too incredible.

, he must figure it out.

At this time, the streets of Jinan City were empty. Lan Qiao spread out his body skills to fly over the eaves and walk over the wall. He soon came to another street parallel to Xiuyan Street in the east of the city. He saw thick smoke billowing under the city wall on the east side. He could not get close enough.

I smelled a pungent smell of smoke.

To have something like this happen at such an important moment, the Jinan government must have been too negligent, right? Lan Qiao thought as he approached the fire scene. Within two steps, he saw Zhu Gaoxu, covered in dust, running towards him in an extremely embarrassed manner.

come over.

Lan Qiao was shocked, grabbed Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Your Highness, the fire in the granary must have something to do with you, right?"

Seeing that it was Lan Qiao, Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly, "Tie Xuan's city guards are on guard and deployed in four shifts for twelve hours. Do you think I am so capable that I can break in and cause trouble alone?"

"What is this fire?" Lan Qiao asked puzzledly.

"I also want to know who did it." Zhu Gaoxu said hurriedly, "I just wanted to get closer to check the truth and someone discovered it. Let's leave quickly. Someone is chasing us."

Lan Qiao looked back and saw Gao Huan, Zhang Jibei and Zhang Zhongjie chasing Zhu Gaoxu from the other side of the street like arrows. While chasing him back, he shouted, "Get away from the traitor!"

"Let's go this way." Seeing the critical situation, Lan Qiao pulled Zhu Gaoxu's sleeve and the two of them turned into an alley at the corner of the street.

"How could His Highness be targeted by Zhang Jibei and the others?" Lan Qiao asked as he and Zhu Gaoxu walked through the narrow alleys between the houses. At this time, because he was with Zhu Gaoxu, the "big rebel", he was too conspicuous on the road.

, if someone saw him and alerted the city guards, it would be even more troublesome to escape.

"I don't know either." Zhu Gaoxu was very skilled, showing that he was no less skilled than Lan Qiao. He followed Lan Qiao through the streets and alleys without any delay. "At that time, I was just standing on a wall not far from the granary.

After snooping inside, the two men attacked me from inside and outside. Fortunately, I was able to slip quickly with oil on my soles, so I escaped by walking along the wall, stepping on the eaves and branches along the way."

Lan Qiao couldn't help but smile when he heard that Zhu Gaoxu was still thinking of making wisecracks at this moment. At the same time, he felt a chill in his heart. He thought that Zhang Jibei and Gao Huan could ambush Zhu Gaoxu so "coincidentally". They were obviously well prepared. They were most likely to have arrived in advance.

He knew that the granary was about to catch fire, so he laid an ambush here and waited for people from his side to come and investigate.

Of course, they have already figured out the surrounding terrain, and the person who analyzes it will definitely choose the wall that is most suitable for spying from a distance, and give him a place to sit back and wait for work.

Lan Qiao couldn't help but look back at Zhu Gaoxu, who had wide eyes and an innocent look on his face. He thought that he had just been anxious to go to the fire scene to find out what was going on. If Zhu Gaoxu hadn't "stepped on the thunder" for him first, then it was very likely that the person who had fallen victim to the ambush was

Own.

Then I thought about it, how did Zhang Jibei learn such important news about the fire in the granary? What benefit would it have to the White Lotus Sect or the Erqi Society if such a thing happened at the critical moment when Zhu Qingying was holding the ceremony?

Lan Qiao was in a state of confusion, all kinds of thoughts were mixed together and he couldn't find a clue. He wandered around in the alley like a headless fly. Just when he didn't know where he turned, he suddenly heard a gust of wind, and a young man in white came from

The wall fell down, blocking their way.

"Xu Wuchen" Lan Qiao shouted coldly, and the Jade and Sword was unsheathed, "Take care of your dog owner An Xiaohan for me. I hope he is not seriously injured to the point of dying. I will ask him for it myself."

Blood debt."

Xian Wuchen was neither happy nor angry, and said with a faint smile, "Thanks to Brother Lan, my master not only recovered from his internal injuries, but also improved his swordsmanship by summarizing the experience and lessons learned from the battle with your father. Brother Lan is welcome to visit at any time."

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"I'm afraid he won't be able to show off his face." Hearing another long laugh, Zhang Zhongjie sat leisurely on the eaves nearby, his legs dangling in the air and said, "One is the second son of Yan Ni in Peking, and the other is the Qingzhou rebel Feng Yue.

Ming's brother-in-law, we caught a big fish in this net, oh no, two."

While he was talking, Zhang Jibei and Gao Huan also chased after them, blocking Lan Qiao and Zhu Gaoxu's retreat. They were surrounded by Zhang Zhongjie and four others in this narrow alley less than four feet wide, and were in a dilemma.

Zhang Zhongjie looked like he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and sighed with fake regret, saying, "Second Master Zhu, Brother Lan, I can understand that you want to sneak into the enemy's rear as a spy to gather intelligence. After all, the two armies will do anything to confront each other, but setting fire to food

This is really unethical and very damaging to one’s morality.”

He paused with a smile, and then said, "You must know that what is stored in the granary is not military rations, but relief grains transferred by Princess Nanping from all the way to the south of the Yangtze River. It is subsidized to the people of Shandong during the war. You guys burn it."

If everything is clean, what will the common people eat then? It’s no wonder. People say that King Yan is an illiterate rough man. He can probably only come up with such an unlimited idea. When the war breaks out and Shandong is starved to death, everyone will worship you.

Given by your Excellency. You think, why should I not dedicate you to General Cao Guogong to sacrifice the flag?"
Chapter completed!