"Grandpa Hai, Uncle General, I'm so lucky to have you on the road. ΔΩbi Quge" Ding Kui came out neatly dressed to meet Quan Sihai and General Shi.
"We just went out for a walk, and we can't say we were lucky. The distance we walked every day was less than half of the regular march. Compared with the young master, we are old." Quan Sihai's emotion was directed at Ding Kui's performance in the army.
"Young Master, why are there no archers by your side?" Shi Jiang was very serious.
"Why did Uncle General ask that?" Ding Kui thought about how there really were no archers around him recently.
"I have seen that carriage. Even elite and above archers can see that there is something wrong with it. If there are archers by your side, how can you be put in danger?" Shi Jiang is a very competent minister. I heard that there was an assassination attempt.
Ding Kui immediately went to check the destroyed carriage.
Sneak attacks and assassinations are mostly done by archers, and General Shi is a good one. If someone uses this method on him or the people around him, he cannot tolerate it as a master, and it is obvious that he is jealous of his peers.
"Grandpa Qian is in Juyang City. Xiaohua can't walk through the teleportation array. It's estimated that she won't be able to reach the capital until later. It just so happens that there are no archers around me recently." Ding Kui said this, which was equivalent to admitting that General Shi was right.
"Since I'm here, Jiang Nan and the others don't have to stay. However, it seems that there are a few more mechanisms at home. I wonder who the master is?" Shi Jiang keenly discovered the early warning mechanism, but he didn't understand its principle for the time being.
After all, it was developed by the Great Archer, and even the Sunset Archer is not that easy to understand.
"Oh, that's an institution researched by the Equipment Department. I have the drawings here and I'll show them to you later. Well, there is really no need to trouble Jiang Nan and the others. Treat them to a good meal tonight and then send them back."
Don't forget that only two squadrons of personal guards came to the Guohou Mansion, but they were led by Quan Sihai, the former commander of the 75th Division, and General Shi with a "life-threatening gaze". These two people alone were able to sweep through the two hundred mansions led by Qiu Qiu.
Guards, the remaining people can crush Jiang Nan and the Jiang family's guards, so they are safer than before.
"Haha, all the brothers and young generals are here. There is no need to treat Jiang Nan and the others to a good meal. I will let them go home in a while." Jiang Nai walked into the study with a smile.
Recently, this old man has been in Ding Mansion freely. No one stops him wherever he goes except in the backyard. No one informs him when he doesn't come to the study.
"No, no, no, I made an agreement with Long Yan. She will cook tonight herself and say she wants to reward everyone." Ding Kui allowed Jiang Nai to enter the study without notification. The housekeeper of Jiang's house helped him a lot.
"Oh, the young lady's reward is a blessing to them. Who just now thought that the young master was not an archer?" Jiang Nai looked sideways at General Shi.
"Ah, haha, it's the young general who made Uncle Nai laugh." Shi Jiang quickly apologized.
"Well, it was my negligence to mention this matter. I didn't expect that someone would disregard the king's face and assassinate the young master at this time. For this reason, I specially asked Wan Ban and Wan Yuhuo to come. Now they are waiting for the young master outside the mansion.
Meet."
Jiang Nai asked Jiang Li to resign because of Ding Kui's assassination, believing that the housekeeper should bear the greatest responsibility. However, Jiang Li firmly refused and tried his best to persuade him to stay, so he reluctantly stayed on as the chief housekeeper of Jiang Mansion.
"Wan Ban and Wan Yu? Are they Maibo's?" Shi Jiang respected Wan Mai very much, especially after Wan Mai was injured while protecting Ding Kui.
"Yes, they are Wanmai's grandchildren. They are not very powerful but can be trusted." Jiang Nai nodded.
"Haha, okay, we are in short supply of archers, how can Brother Wan's juniors not trust him! Master, I'll bring them in." Quan Sihai is the commander of the guards. By saying this, he has accepted Wan Ban and Wan Yu.
"Uncle Hai, wait a minute. It's better for me to go. I've gained some enlightenment in cultivation recently and I want to communicate with young people." General Shi wanted to give some advice to Wanmai's descendants.
The whole world heard what General Shi said and did not insist on it. In terms of status, the minister was higher than the commander of the bodyguards, so it seemed that the standard was higher when General Shi went to pick him up.
The Wan brothers are a few years older than Ding Kui. Wan Ban is a bit more mature, tall and long-armed, has a loud voice, and pays great attention to rules in words and deeds. Wan Yu is smaller than Wan Ban, and has shrewdness between his eyebrows, which is in line with his grandfather's "
The temperament of "The Strange Trace".
The two brothers followed General Shi obediently, and General Shi was inscrutable in their eyes. After walking through the gate, the minister of the Protector's Mansion kept asking about their cultivation status, and pointed out their shortcomings from time to time, and could tell.
Compelling insights.
Ding Kui was very enthusiastic about the Wan brothers. He did not treat them as guards, but almost as brothers. The Wan brothers were flattered and kept showing their loyalty. It seems that their strict upbringing clearly understood their identities.
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The children of the indigenous dukes have been under strict supervision recently, and the heads of each family require them to move under the eyes of their elders. Today's gathering is concentrated at the Tantai family.
"Really, we didn't do Ding Kui's assassination. Why are you always suspicious of us?" Linghu Yu's attempt to embezzle the family's money was exposed. He had been severely punished recently. If Tantai Xiu hadn't summoned him, he would have been punished.
Locked down at home.
"Are you sure that none of you have anything to do with this matter? We can find ways to suppress him, but we must not harm his life." Nangong Pin was very worried that his companion would be hot-headed and do something that is unacceptable under the law.
"It's definitely not us. The Tantai family can't find such an assassin. I heard that the assassin leader has a 'violation of the will'. The Tantai family can't cultivate that thing." Tantai Xiu has a wide range of ways and can know confidential information.
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Nangong Pin looked at Linghu Yu with doubtful eyes.
"Do you even doubt me? The Linghu family has never dealt with anyone else. It is only when I am with you that I want to deal with Ding Kui. I can get some money from the family and have no more power." Linghu
Yu looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, almost jumping up.
"Nangong, don't make wild guesses. Don't your family know what we are capable of? Who did it? His family will definitely send him away from the capital. If he stays here, he will be found out sooner or later." Tantai Jin couldn't stand Nangong Pin either.
The look in his eyes said, "The biggest problem now is how to explain to the eldest princess that she hasn't seen me recently. I tried to enter the palace to see her several times but was rejected. Maybe she suspects that it was us."
"I called you here today to find a way to solve this problem." Tantai Xiu's face looked ugly.
The eldest princess not seeing Tantai Jin is a very serious warning. It can make the eldest princess not see any relatives on her mother's side, except herself, who is the king.
Who has the most power in this country? Naturally, it has to be Shaodiandan. If he is unhappy, that is the most serious problem in the world.
What Tantai Xiu was worried about was not that the eldest princess misunderstood, but that the king would be unhappy.
"Let me go see Ding Kui. He shouldn't suspect that I harmed him." Nangong Pin's idea was very straightforward.
"What are you going to tell him? What happened at the auction? Don't forget that you also paid a penny." Linghu Yu felt that Nangong Pin wanted to betray him.
"Now that something like this has happened, do you think the Lu Chamber of Commerce can still keep secrets for us? The Intelligence Department will not track down the people who were against Ding Kui at the auction? The people who were related to Ding Kui that day must have been found out.
"Obviously, if we hide, others won't know what to do?" Nangong Pin asked back.
"Well, we weren't the only ones bidding with him that day." Linghu Yu's reasons couldn't convince even himself.
"Actually, you can give it a try. If you go and say that we were joking with him, the worst we can do is give him the box of 'Bingxiang Xuejiawan', and say that we deliberately snatched it and gave it to him as a gift." Tantai Jin said through gritted teeth.
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"Okay, anyway, 'Bingxiang Xuejiawan' ended up in the hands of the eldest princess. It doesn't matter if you give it to him now." Tantai Xiu thinks this method is feasible, "Let's pretend to be friends with him and learn more about his situation, so that we won't have any problems in the future.
Recreate something like an auction.”
"I don't want to be friends with that country bumpkin." Linghu Yu didn't want to play tricks.
"You don't have to go if you don't want to. Nangong will go and explore first. If it's convenient, ask him to come out and meet him." Tantai didn't force Linghu Yu.
The most popular thing in the capital in August was not the assassination of Ding Kui, but the spread of mahjong in the upper-class aristocratic circles. The Ding Kui incident became a booster for the spread of mahjong. Everyone wanted to see what the unlucky would-be prince-in-law could do.
It’s a new thing, and I became obsessed with mahjong after seeing it.
The price of fire jade continues to rise, and the workshops designated by the Jiang family are buying in large quantities. They are bought almost as soon as the goods arrive, and the fire jade on the market is wiped out.
The senior craftsmen in the equipment department are truly skilled in their craftsmanship. They actually made carvings with different textures in four directions. Touching the mahjong tiles from four directions will have different feelings. If you don't lift the tiles to see, you can't be sure by touching them in one direction.
What brand is it.
Mahjong tiles have soared from the initial price of one thousand gold coins to two thousand gold coins, and the supply is still in short supply. This is not unrelated to the secret promotion of An Guogong and Wei Guogong. Which noble nobleman does not have a pair of mahjong tiles at home, and if he tells it, he will be punished.
People laugh.
After the meeting, the elders of the Senate will usually make an appointment to play a game, and some issues will even be put on the mahjong table, and whoever wins will listen.
Jiang Li and Long Dang, who have superb card skills, are temporarily the big winners in the Senate. Yang Zhao and Kong Ci are not to be outdone. Their card skills have improved rapidly and are expected to surpass the two in front.
On this day, Ding Qi, Ding Kun and other entourage hurried back to the capital after a long journey, and found the gate of the Protector's Mansion bustling with people and houses, and he almost didn't dare to walk into his own house.
"Why didn't you notify me in advance when the master came back? I didn't go out of the city to greet you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." He Laizi saw the master wandering in front of the door and hurried up to pay his respects.
Ding Qi pointed to the various carriages in front of the door and asked: "I heard on the road that someone was assassinating Kui'er. I was anxious to come back and have a look, so I didn't send you a message. It doesn't matter whether I accepted it or not. What's going on? These people
Do you all know that I'm coming back today?" He couldn't recognize the badges on some carriages for a moment.
"Haha, they are here to see the young master. They don't know that you are back. I'll let the young master explain it to you later. I can't explain it clearly here." He Laizi called for someone to open the middle door to welcome the owner of the family back.