Su Zhao looked at him, not knowing what to say to him.
If the killing of Ruan's mother and son was forced by the other party to save their lives, she would still understand, but at the moment, she was a little unwilling to think about it anymore.
She didn't know if her feelings towards An Taiping had changed because of her relationship with An Taiping, so there were some things she wanted to say but she couldn't.
But in the end, I couldn't help but ask, "Have you considered Liu'er's feelings? Are you going to force her to marry?"
Shao Pingbo said calmly: "If she doesn't want to do this, I won't force her."
"Really?" Su Zhao obviously didn't believe it.
Shao Pingbo nodded, not wanting to say more about this, and changed the topic, "What I said today, you only need to know, don't let your superiors know."
Su Zhao: "What are you worried about?"
Shao Pingbo: "The fact that Xiaoyue Pavilion can collude with the King of the West Courtyard means that Xiaoyue Pavilion has intervened in the internal affairs of the Qi royal family. I don't want Haozhen to conflict with Xiaoyue Pavilion's plan."
Su Zhao: "You asked us to assassinate Haozhen's wife and marry your sister to Haozhen. I'm afraid it's hard for us to think about it. I'll definitely be asked later."
Shao Pingbo: "There are good reasons to hide it. I need this marriage to put pressure on Yan and South Korea. If you say this, they will definitely understand. Sister Zhao, I don't believe in Xiaoyue Pavilion, but I trust you. I will
You didn't hide anything." After saying that, he suddenly stood up and slowly approached her, the two of them looked at each other.
Su Zhao was used to this, but now she felt a little uncomfortable and subconsciously wanted to step back. Unexpectedly, Shao Pingbo reached out and held her hand.
Su Zhao was a little flustered and wanted to pull her hand away, but then she thought of what she had been told above. The matter of An Taiping was another matter, but she was not allowed to mess up the matter of Beizhou. At least she had to maintain the relationship with Shao Pingbo on the surface.
After what happened to An Taiping, she finally figured it out, and her superiors should have figured it out a long time ago. Even if Shao Pingbo succeeds in the end, he may not marry her, but they have always turned a blind eye to this matter.
And Shao Pingbo should have known for a long time that Xiaoyue Pavilion wanted to take advantage of him.
Both sides have their own agendas, and she is just a pawn in the middle.
There were many things that Shao Pingbo couldn't see when he was in love before, or he didn't want to wake up from the dream, but now many things are clear.
After getting together with An Taiping, she actually wanted to get away, but she couldn't help it anymore. If she dared to mess around, the superiors would not let An Taiping go without telling him. An Taiping couldn't pass the test with the antidote of the Bitter God Pill.
Just as she was hesitating, Shao Pingbo pressed forward, opened his arms, and pulled her into his arms.
As if bitten by a snake, Su Zhao pushed him away and quickly took a few steps back.
"..." Shao Pingbo was stunned. In the past, she was willing to take the initiative to hug him, but he declined. Today, it seems that the opposite happened.
Su Zhao also realized something and said awkwardly: "Pingbo, this is not the right place."
"You're overthinking, it doesn't matter." Shao Pingbo stepped forward again and wanted to hug her again.
Su Zhao turned sideways to avoid him, walked around behind a table, and said with an awkward smile: "Pingbo, this is a brothel."
Shao Pingbo stared at her for a while, smiled, and gave up without any further force.
It was not good for him to stay here forever. After a while of consultation, the two parties left.
After leaving the white clouds, as soon as he got on the carriage and took off the mask from his face, his expression darkened slightly.
In the past, Su Zhao always wanted to be with him, but he had reservations. After this incident with the war horse, he noticed something was wrong with Su Zhao. This time he came here hoping to accomplish a 'good thing' with Su Zhao.
so that he could continue to tie up Su Zhao, but Su Zhao changed and became repulsive to him.
Compared with before, this is very abnormal.
Seeing that his expression was wrong, Shao Sansheng tried to ask: "Eldest Young Master, what's wrong?"
Shao Pingbo raised his hand and stroked his hair and asked, "My hair has turned white. Is it ugly?"
"..." Shao Sansheng was speechless. When did the eldest son become so shallow? After coming to his senses, he hurriedly replied: "How can the eldest son's demeanor be affected by just a few gray hairs? A few gray hairs add to his elegance.
Why is it so embarrassing to say so?"
Shao Pingbo was silent for a while, and then said: "Go back and ask the people from Dachan Mountain to check a person, a tall and strong man with a red face."
Shao Sansheng was suspicious, "Red-faced man? Young Master, this area is a bit large, and this is not our territory. Are there any other clues?"
Shao Pingbo: "That's all I know about a red-faced man who can go in and out of Baiyunjian's backyard. However, I'm sure he won't just go there this time. We can send someone to stay guard."
"Okay." Shao Sansheng nodded, indicating that he had taken note of it.
However, he still had doubts in his heart. Combined with Shao Pingbo's question about his hair just now, he had some vague doubts...
Inside the palace, on the dragon boat on the blue water lake, Haoyuntu is leaning on the railing to ride the wind.
Bu Xun Lingbo flew over, landed on the deck, quickly went upstairs, came to Haoyun Tu, saluted, stepped forward, and reported: "Shao Pingbo sneaked into the white clouds."
Hao Yuntu's eyes were a little strange, and he sneered, "It seems that the assassination of my wife there may be related to Xiaoyue Pavilion."
Bu Xun: "Is this the marriage of the King of England?"
Hao Yuntu raised his hand and waved slightly, "If the new daughter-in-law is not satisfactory, you can change it again. Is the prince still afraid of not being able to marry a wife? Beizhou cannot be chaotic. Beizhou needs this marriage. First, stabilize Shao Pingbo.
Living in Beizhou, priorities are different, and we’ll talk about the future later..."
Tofu restaurant, inner courtyard, Yuan Gang is hanging upside down in the courtyard with his upper body bare, while two brothers are beating him with steel rods.
Yuan Feng quickly entered the inner courtyard and waved to the two brothers, signaling them to leave.
With the soles of his feet hooked upside down on the iron bar, Yuan Gang curled up his legs, hoisted the whole person up, flipped in the air, landed on his feet, and stood firmly on the ground. He strode towards the house, with Yuan Feng following behind.
The two of them entered and stood in front of the map. Yuan Feng pointed to a place, "After I came out of the white clouds, I went to a courtyard in Xicheng, which is not too far from the palace. After asking, I found out that I rented a house recently.
here."
"Let the brothers keep an eye on each street intersection to make sure there is no movement or exposure." Yuan Gang stared at the map and said.
After he left Baiyunjian, he did not take a boat back to the tofu restaurant. Instead, he got off the boat halfway and pretended to inquire about the business at the tofu stall on the street, secretly assigning a follow-up task.
Although he doesn't have many people, he has formed a network in the streets of the capital, which comes in handy when he wants to keep an eye on a few people...
A few days later, in the early morning, Yuan Feng hurried back to the backyard of the tofu restaurant and stood in front of the map with Yuan Gang again.
"The target has set off, taking a carriage out of the east city gate. It seems that we are taking the official road at the moment. We have sent brothers to change gears to follow." Yuan Feng pointed at the map and said.
Yuan Gang: "Take the official route? This person is cunning. Are you sure the target is really gone?"
Yuan Feng nodded: "Confirmed. The person who pretended to deliver food came to verify it. The yard was empty. Only the servants sent by the landlord were cleaning. Those servants also said that they had just checked out and saw a white man with their own eyes.
The young man with the hair got in the car."
Yuan Gang stared at the map, tracing his fingers along the route, and finally stopped in a mountainous forest area, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Inform those who have not left the stall to gather immediately!"
"Yes!" Yuan Feng quickly ran out.
Soon, the group of people from the morning exercise at Tofu Restaurant came back one after another.
When everyone arrived, Yuan Gang had already prepared a bunch of packages of the same size. The items were handed out and the group of people left quickly.
Outside the yard, Yuan Dahu and Gu Younian stopped Yuan Gang. Yuan Dahu asked with a smile: "Master, are you still going out of the city for riding training today?"
"Yeah!" Yuan Gang responded.
The two were about to go together, but Yuan Gang added, "You don't have to go today."
Looking at Yuan Gang striding away, the two old men were stunned. You looked at me, and I looked at you.
And Yuan Gang made no secret of it, leading hundreds of people all the way out of the city, and passers-by seemed not to be surprised.
The group left the city and found a horse farm that often rented horses for training. They rented hundreds of horses and galloped away.
When they reached the depths of the grassland, hundreds of people's packages were concentrated on fifty people. The remaining people were led by Yuan Huo and Niushan to continue training to cover up others' eyes and ears, while Yuan Gang took fifty people carrying packages.
People are galloping all the way.
On the way to the racecourse, Yuan Gang still did not make any cover-up and blatantly changed horses under the banner of the Huyan family.
Half a day later, I caught up with my brother who had replaced him and changed his appearance again on the official road.
"Do people still follow the official path?" Yuan Gang asked.
The brother replied: "Yes, it's not far ahead, and Dayong is still following. If it weren't for the official road, where people come and go normally, we really wouldn't dare to continue."
"You continue what you are doing." After Yuan Gang said, he quickly showed the map, found his location, checked the route, quickly closed the map, and said to everyone: "The other party has a carriage and can't run fast. Let's take a closer approach.
The road is ahead, let's go!" He turned his mount and rushed down the official road first.
Dozens of riders immediately rumbled after them...
In the evening, in the mountainous forest area, an old man rode alone into the official road in the mountain forest, "hissing" and chirping birds from time to time, looking left and right.
The old man quickly stopped his mount, found a gentle slope and rushed up. He ran deep into the mountain, tied the horse and ran back.
When I ran to the forest on the roadside and looked around, a clump of grass moved and turned. Yuan Gang, with grass on his head and mud on his face, appeared and asked: "How long until we arrive?"
The old man was none other than Dayong. Dayong replied: "At most, there is still half a stick of incense."
Yuan Gang tilted his head and signaled, "Get ready!"
Dayong quickly straightened the grass on the ground and retreated. Someone called out from behind. He looked back and saw a package with a jingling sound thrown out of nowhere.
He picked them up and quickly retreated to the col. He opened the cloth bag and found a pile of scattered things. He quickly pieced the pile of scattered things together, and with skillful movements, he quickly assembled a set.
Jiuzi fired a series of crossbows, and then quickly disguised himself.
True to what he said, dozens of horsemen escorting two carriages, about half a stick of incense, broke into the mountains from the official road.
Seeing the group approaching, Yuan Gang, who was lying on the ground, suddenly pulled hard on the rope buried on the ground.
boom!
There was a shocking loud noise, flames erupted, the mountains shook and the ground shook, and the ground on the official road exploded into the sky, directly tearing apart the two carriages connected to each other, causing people to flip over in an instant.
When dirt and gravel were flying everywhere, the ambushes on both sides of the mountain and forest heard the signal, and one by one the straw men jumped out, holding the nine-zi serial crossbow in their hands and firing continuously. They attacked from both sides and shot anyone they saw.