Everyone in the capital knew about Xi Duanhong's imprisonment. On the fourth day of the incident, Tan Yanxian came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Lei Qiu came out to greet his teacher in person.
"Teacher, why are you here in person?"
Tan Yanxian waved his hand for the others to get down, "I came to see if what you said is true."
Xi Duanhong was brought over. The injuries on her body prevented her from walking on her own. She had to be carried to the front of Tan Yanxian and was thrown to the ground. This was the first time Xi Duanhong saw Tan Yanxian.
Xi Duanhong forced his injured body to sit up and smiled miserably: "Is it difficult for the Grand Eunuch to come here in person because of what I said?"
"Lei Qiu, what did the female officer tell you?" Tan Yanxian's invisible pressure came to Lei Qiu, "Did you hide it and not report it?"
Lei Qiu's sinister eyes swept over Xi Duanhong and said respectfully: "Students don't dare. I will tell you everything the female officer said."
"Grand Eunuch, I have something to say to you alone," Xi Duanhong said at an inappropriate time, which made Lei Qiu hate her even more, "I wonder if Grand Eunuch can fulfill it."
"Qiu'er, you go down first."
Lei Qiu didn't dare to say anything more and left as he was told.
Tan Yanxian came to Xi Duanhong and looked at her condescendingly, "Go ahead."
"I guess you want power and want everyone to submit to you," Xi Duanhong looked at him with difficulty, "I can help you achieve what you want. I will give you everything you want." I can help you get it.”
"You?" Tan Yanxian slowly squatted down, stretched out his hand to pinch Xi Duanhong's chin and raised it, "You can't protect yourself now, why should I believe you."
"Because you need a knife, a knife that can help you clear all obstacles. Lei Qiu can't do it, and others can't do it. It's just me. I'm just a female officer who was suddenly promoted. My identity and background are in line with what you think, isn't it? ."
"The Grand Eunuch follows Xu Lingxiang every step of the way. You know better than me what she wants to do. Is what she wants to do really the Grand Eunuch wants to agree with?"
Tan Yanxian chuckled and let go, "You are very smart, but unfortunately, you are still wrong. I don't care what Xu Lingxiang wants to do. All I want is for Daqi to open the city gate. That's all. As for who it is." What’s in my pocket is not important to me.”
"If that's the case, then why did you bother to send people to arrest me?" Xi Duanhong changed the topic, "You covet the throne and want supreme power. I guess you must be colluding with outsiders in private, otherwise you would I won’t be in a hurry to get them to break through this city gate.”
"Xi Duanhong, who do you belong to? You shouldn't know these things," a murderous aura spread throughout his body, and Tan Yanxian said with a cold face: "Speak!"
"How do I know? Why don't you think about the people around you?" Xi Duanhong smiled slyly, "I have been here for three or four days. Although I am in prison, there is not a lot of news at all, and even There are many, Grand Eunuch, don’t you think about whose problem it is?”
"!" As soon as Xi Duanhong finished speaking, Tan Yanxian grabbed his neck.
"You better not lie to me, otherwise, you will die ugly."
Xi Duanhong blushed, and the suffocation made her almost faint. Just before she fainted, Tan Yanxian let go of her, "In three days, Lei Qiu will follow you to Jiangnan, and he will take over Once everything is done there, I will keep you, otherwise you won’t have to live anymore.”
"yes......."
Xi Duanhong lay on the ground and gasped. At that moment, he felt as if he had stepped into the gate of hell: This Tan Yanxian is really dangerous. His martial arts is better than mine. He must not act rashly without full confidence. But now The plan is going quite smoothly, now we just have to wait until we meet again in Jiangnan to recruit and dismantle the plan.
For the past three days, Xi Duanhong has been locked in the room. Except for taking medicine and eating, he spent the rest of the time in the room. Until the fourth day, the door was opened.
After three days of training, Xi Duanhong can already walk on his own, but the injury on his leg is not completely healed and he walks with a limp.
"Miss Xi, let's go to Jiangnan."
"Master Lei, please," Xi Duanhong followed Lei Qiu into the carriage, "No one knows about this trip, right?"
"The teacher has arranged everything and no one will know about it. The female officer can rest assured about this."
However, what they didn't know was that Xi Duanhong had already arranged for someone to follow him in the dark as soon as he left the Metropolitan Procuratorate to ensure his safety.
By the time the third prince Mu Feng and others learned the news, it was already too late, so they entrusted the imperial advisor to explain the matter to Emperor Jingyuan, and he led his people to rush to Jiangnan as quickly as possible.
Yangxin Hall
Ouyang Zhu presented the memorial, "Your Majesty, people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate have kidnapped Ms. Xi and taken her to Jiangnan with her. His Highness the Third Prince has already led people to chase her."
"This Metropolitan Procuratorate, they are becoming more and more courageous now, and they dare to disobey my orders!" Emperor Jingyuan's veins popped out with anger.
"In addition, a spy came to report that Tuva Yijun has begun to prepare for an attack on the city. I am afraid there will be a tough battle soon."
"Our country is currently suffering from internal and external troubles. Does the National Master have a solution?"
"The next best thing is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight."
Emperor Jingyuan was puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"Your Majesty is getting weaker and weaker, and the princes are starting to make moves. Since this is the case, it is better to follow the trend. If the Empress Dowager wants to take charge, let her take charge. The ministers will object, the ministers will object, and the people will also object. Such an unpopular method depends on who First, if you can't bear it anymore and force the palace to rebel, Your Majesty can use an excuse to leave the palace to recuperate."
"Is this possible?" Emperor Jingyuan was half-convinced. Now that he has given up his power, it will be extremely difficult to take it back in the future. "Is this the only way?"
"Yes and no. Your Majesty is already worried about which prince he will pass the throne to. In that case, why not take this opportunity to take a look. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
"Forget it, just follow the wishes of the Imperial Master, and I will draw up the decree now."
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Xi Duanhong was closely watched by Lei Qiu during this journey. He even asked the maid to follow him when he was going out, for fear that she would run away. She could run, but not now. She was not stupid. She had a car, so why should she walk alone?
The carriage stopped in an open space and everyone got out of the car to take a rest. Xi Duanhong sat on a tree stump beside him, minding his own business, lazily
When he saw her coming down, Lei Qiu's eyes were locked on her again, and he raised his feet to stand in front of her, "It was not convenient to tell you in the Metropolitan Procuratorate earlier. What did you and the teacher say that day? Let me tell you one by one. .”
"Oh?" Xi Duanhong looked at him playfully, "Master Lei, this private inquiry of yours was not ordered by the Grand Eunuch, right?"
"Just say what you say, the rest has nothing to do with you."
"I didn't say anything. Does Mr. Lei believe it?"
Lei Qiu's hand pinched Xi Duanhong's neck fiercely, and Xi Duanhong smiled lightly, "Really, I am worthy of being a teacher and student. Teach and teach, everything is the same, cough cough."
Lei Qiu let go of his hand, and Xi Duanhong gasped, "It's the same even when pinching someone."
"You'd better tell me everything honestly."
"It doesn't matter what we said," the topic changed, "Lei Qiu, do you know that your teacher is not a real eunuch?"
Xi Duanhong was confused by what he said to Lei Qiu, "What do you mean, does this matter have anything to do with it?"
Xi Duanhong rubbed his neck, probably red from pinching it, "Of course it does matter, Lei Qiu, do you know the current situation in Daqi? Emperor Jingyuan's health is getting worse day by day. You know Tan Yanxian Why do you want you to come with me? If I can take away one of Daqi's lifelines, I can take away the second one. What he wants is this second lifeline."
"I am controlled by Tan Yanxian. Doesn't it mean that he holds two lifebloods in his hands? If he wants, he can change the owner of this country at any time. And the fact that he is not an eunuch is enough to prove his ambition. You can understand ."
"Of course, if he does this, then everyone in the world will definitely rebel. In the eyes of outsiders, he is an eunuch. Even an eunuch can sit on the 95th Supreme. What about the others? Everyone is eyeing that position. Lei Qiu , if it were you, how would you choose?"
Xi Duanhong was very satisfied with Lei Qiu's current reaction. He stretched and said lazily, "Master Lei, this matter is more important than your wanting to know what Tan Yanxian and I said. It doesn't feel good to be controlled by others. I know, you You should also know.”
If Xi Duanhong hadn't told this matter, Lei Qiu really didn't know that his teacher was not a real eunuch, then everything he did before would make sense. No matter how powerful a eunuch is, he will never be able to Become the leader among millions of people, but if he is not, the nature of the matter will change.
"How do I know if what you said is true? What if you made it up to lie to me?"
"If I lied to you, tsk, Mr. Lei, now we are a 'family' and I will share with you what I discovered. If you don't believe me, there is nothing I can do. Otherwise, why don't you go and confirm it yourself?"
