Yun Shang gently nodded and said with a smile: "After Concubine Shen Shu was thrown into the cold palace before, I sent many people to monitor her. I also found a man in black coming into contact with her, but the man in black's martial arts was not good enough.
Weak, the secret guards cannot track. I thought, since Concubine Shen Shu has joined forces with the Seventh Prince, and now Mrs.
The person who delivered the message was stopped and then replaced by one of our people."
Luo Qingyan pondered for a moment, tapped his hand lightly on the chair, and then said after a long while: "Just try what you said."
"Then the prince will lend me a few capable secret guards. I'm afraid that my secret guards will lose people again. I'm not afraid of losing people. What I'm most afraid of is not just losing people.
, and you are just trying to scare the snake." Yun Shang looked at Luo Qingyan with a slight smile.
Luo Qingyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I dare you to tell me that this is the idea. You can make the decision as you please. The best secret guards in my hands are all guarding you."
Yun Shang originally meant it as a joke, but he did need one or two secret guards with slightly higher martial arts skills. However, he never thought that Luo Qingyan would answer like this. Yun Shang seemed to be worried about it.
It was as if he was being scratched gently, and his heart was throbbing. After a long while, he softly said: "Okay, I understand."
Just as the two of them were saying this, Qin Yi walked in from the outside and reported softly: "Su Qi is here."
Yun Shang was stunned when he heard this, stood up and said to Luo Qing: "You go back to bed and lie down first." After saying that, he turned around and looked at Qin Yi, "What is he here for? Is he in the flower hall?"
Qin Yi shook her head and said: "The maid sent by the housekeeper reported that he came to find the master. The housekeeper has already taken him to the yard where the master lives."
"Grandpa?" Yun Shang frowned even more, "Why did he come to see grandpa?" After saying that, he put on his cloak, walked out of the house, and walked quickly towards the yard where Xiao Yuanshan lived.
The courtyard where Xiao Yuanshan lives is in the southeast of the mansion, a courtyard called Shi'an Courtyard.
As Yun Shang walked at the door, she faintly heard laughter coming from inside, which seemed to be Su Qi's laughter. Yun Shang paused for a moment, raised a faint smile on her face, and walked in.
Su Qi and Xiao Yuanshan were sitting at a stone table under the banyan tree in the yard. There was a chessboard on the stone table. The two were playing chess. The housekeeper and Uncle Jiu stood aside and watched quietly.
Yun Shang heard Su Qi's hearty voice saying: "I have no idea. In fact, I'm not very interested in this chess game. This game was my weakest when I was young. It's just that Your Majesty likes it. From time to time,
So we pulled him together to play chess. At that time, every time I heard His Majesty talk about playing chess, he would look frightened. As we kept going back and forth, we played more and more, and gradually we got better."
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, what were the two of them talking about?
Su Qi was facing the courtyard door, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Yun Shang walking in.
Xiao Yuanshan responded in a low voice, but Yun Shang didn't hear it clearly. He just walked quickly in front of the two of them and said with a slight smile: "I left it in the house. I didn't know that the Taiwei was visiting and I didn't greet him. I hope that the Taiwei will forgive me."
crime."
Su Qi was not at all as arrogant as she was in the palace yesterday, but her answer was still not pleasing to the eye, "Don't worry about Princess Rui. Now that Prince Rui has been poisoned by the velvet-headed snow lotus, it's normal for you to be busy taking care of her.
And I just heard Your Majesty say that Mr. Xiao's chess skills are very superb today, so I came here to ask for advice. Princess Rui does not need to greet me, I will play two games of chess and then leave."
Yun Shang's smile was still light, and she just smiled and said: "It's rare to see two masters playing games, so I can't miss it." After saying that, he turned around and told Qin Yi, "Qin Yi, go bring a stool over and grab a few by the way."
A mat, the stone is cold, how can I just sit like this."
Xiao Yuanshan smiled and nodded slightly.
Su Qi also curled up the corner of her mouth, didn't pay attention, and quickly fell down.
Yun Shang then turned his attention to the chessboard. Su Qi had just arrived and the two of them had just started playing. A few chess pieces sparsely fell on the chessboard. Xiao Yuanshan held the white pieces and Su Qi held the black pieces.
Although they have only played less than ten moves, the two people's chess style is already somewhat obvious. Xiao Yuanshan's chess style is familiar to Yun Shang. It is gentle and does not take risks. However, Xiao Yuanshan has always been good at observation and prediction. He first observes carefully.
The opponent's chess style can be used to predict the opponent's next move or a few moves, and then set up an ambush.
And Su Qi's chess style...
Yun Shang curled her lips lightly, but Su Qi used a method that few people used, which was to follow. He kept following Xiao Yuanshan's moves, intending to interrupt every move of Xiao Yuanshan.
But Su Qi didn't know that such a path was too obvious to follow, but it gave Xiao Yuanshan a chance.
Yun Shang looked at it for a while, knowing that the winner was decided, so she looked away calmly, thinking in her mind that Su Qi's purpose of coming here must not only be to ask for advice on chess skills. But, what is his intention...
"Concession." Xiao Yuanshan's voice sounded faintly. Yun Shang looked back at the chessboard. The black stones had already won a great victory and almost half of the white stones had been eaten.
Yun Shang saw a flash of cruelty in Su Qi's eyes, but it was quickly concealed, and Su Qi burst out laughing: "Haha, Mr. Xiao's chess skills are indeed extraordinary, no wonder even His Majesty is so impressed.
Forget it, if I go down any further, I will be humiliating myself, and I will never go down again."
Xiao Yuanshan didn't even raise his head, only nodded lightly.
Su Qi's expression changed again, and then she stood up and said: "Since we have already arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion, it would be unreasonable not to go and pay homage to Prince Rui. Although Prince Rui may not care about it now, it's just etiquette.
But we still have to do it.”
Yun Shang was noncommittal and stood up with a smile.
Xiao Yuanshan then raised his head and said, "Let's go."
Yun Shang walked at the front and led the two of them back to the courtyard. However, as soon as they entered the courtyard, Yun Shang raised her eyebrows. It seemed that many of the secret guards in the courtyard had been removed. It should be Luo Qingyan's order.
Yun Shang's footsteps never stopped, she turned her head and said softly: "Please, Lieutenant Commander."
Su Qi and Xiao Yuanshan entered the house together.
The screen in the room was unfolded, but the bed curtain behind the screen was not lowered. Yun Shang asked Qin Yi to put the screen away, and the situation on the bed fell into everyone's eyes.
Luo Qingyan was lying quietly on the bed, her face was as white as snow, her eyebrows and eyelashes were covered with frost, and even the tips of her hair were faintly white, like a person frozen by ice and snow.
Su Qi raised her feet and walked to the bedside, lowered her head and took a look, then sighed softly and said: "The poison of this velvet snow lotus is really overbearing. As soon as I got closer, I noticed a wave of cold air approaching. If there is any shortage of medicinal materials,
Princess Rui just asks. Although I can't help you much, I should still be able to find some medicinal materials."
After saying that, he stepped away a little more and his eyes fell on Yun Shang.
Yun Shang responded quickly: "Thank you very much, Lieutenant."
Xiao Yuanshan walked two steps into the room, stood in front of the table, glanced at the person on the bed lightly, and then moved away.
After the chess was played and everyone watched, Su Qi was about to leave, so Yun Shang ordered the housekeeper to send Su Qi out.
After watching Su Qi go out, Yun Shang walked to a chair and sat down when the secret guard's signal came from outside, and ordered someone to pour a pot of tea for Xiao Yuanshan.
Su Qi turned her head, glanced at the things on the table, and frowned, "I didn't know how to put away the tea cup. Fortunately, Su Qi was not a meticulous person and didn't notice it. If he saw it, wouldn't it be revealed?"
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Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, then saw two used teacups on the table, which were left behind when Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan were talking earlier. No wonder Xiao Yuanshan had been standing in front of the table just now, I'm afraid he saw it just now,
She was afraid of being looked at by Su Qi, so she did this on purpose.
Yun Shang smiled, and before she spoke, she saw Luo Qingyan sitting up from the bed, her face still a little pale, and she said with a smile: "Su Qi is not a meticulous person. He has been staring at her since he entered the room just now.
Look at the bed, where do you have time to look at the cups in the house?"
Xiao Yuanshan raised his head and looked at Luo Qingyan, his eyes indifferent, "I heard that Xia Huanyu ordered Xia Houjing and Su Ruhai to lead troops to the border together?"
Luo Qingyan nodded and said with a smile: "It is true."
Xiao Yuanshan was silent for a moment and then spoke again: "Do you think Cangjue Qingsu will start from Lingxi or Cangnan?"
Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan looked at each other, and then Yun Shang spoke: "If the prince is here, it should be from Cangnan. Now that the prince has been poisoned and will not wake up within two months, it should be from Lingxi.
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Xiao Yuanshan nodded lightly: "To the northwest of Lingxi City is Mohuai of Yelang Kingdom, but to the northeast, where is it?"
Yun Shang pondered for a moment, then thought about it, her face darkened slightly, "It's Lingnan in Ningguo."
Xiao Yuanshan nodded, "It's Lingnan. I agree with what Chang'er said. If Qingyan was here, Cangjue Qingsu must have abandoned Lingxi and attacked Cangnan. But now that Qingyan has announced to the outside that he was poisoned, I know that you must have
It is suspected that Xia Houjing and Cangjue Qingsu are colluding. If this is true, Xiahou Jing will lead the expedition, and Cangjue Qingsu will at most be just pretending to attack Lingxi, but the alliance between the two of them will definitely not be a real one.
He wants to use his killing move. But Cangjue Qingsu’s soldiers have already moved out, and others are also at the border. Will he be willing to return without success?"
Yun Shang's expression became even worse, "He won't, he will abandon Lingxi and attack Lingnan instead."
Luo Qingyan lightly knocked on the armrest of the chair and remained silent.
Xiao Yuanshan's gaze fell lightly on Luo Qingyan's face, looked at it for a moment, and then said: "Looking at Qingyan's appearance, do you have a countermeasure?"
Luo Qingyan raised his head, with a hint of ink in his eyes, "I'd like to send a letter to Mr. Xiao, please ask the emperor to dispatch troops and horses to take precautions. But don't worry too much. Cang Jue Qingsu definitely doesn't have time to go."
