After all, Ran Jingru was ill. After talking so many words, she was already weak. After asking Xia Chengxuan and Mei Yuanchen to get up, they were supported by Xia Chengyi and Mrs. Ran back to the room to rest.
In the side hall, only Ran Jieting, Xia Chengxuan, and Mei Yuanchen were left. You looked at me, I looked at you, but no one spoke for a while.
"Chengxuan, don't blame your mother. In her heart..." Ran Jieting lowered her eyelids and said to Xia Chengxuan in a deep voice, "She must be in extreme pain."
Although he made that oath according to his mother's words, Xia Chengxuan still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, "Five years... Mother, you only gave your child five years!"
As Ran Jieting said, Xia Chengxuan knows the situation in Prince Jia's Mansion best. He can't defeat Prince Yun's Mansion now, let alone Zhao Qianming who is far away in Shatuo.
"Grandpa, how can I blame my mother?" Xia Chengxuan replied with a forced smile, "If I can't avenge my father's murder, I'm living in vain! Even if my mother didn't ask me to swear a poisonous oath, I would try every means to kill my enemy. "Yes, he has already made up his mind to take revenge at all costs.
However, when Ran Jingru forced him to swear a poisonous oath, he felt a little pain in his heart, and there was a trace of indescribable pain.
Seeing that there was no abnormal color on his face, Ran Jieting sighed and said nothing more.
The matter has come to this, nothing can be said to help. Once the poisonous curse has been sworn, there is no way out, and the only way forward is revenge.
"Yuanchen, you went back to the house, but what happened on the way?" Xia Chengxuan looked sideways at Mei Yuanchen and asked softly.
Mei Yuanchen always wanted to talk about meeting those hundreds of black riders in the morning, but there was no suitable opportunity. When he asked, he hurriedly replied: "Chengxuan, at the customs clearance platform this morning, I saw a group of hundreds of people. The black knights have entered the city. Each of them holds a sword and is fierce. They are all obviously good martial arts masters. Senior Yi said that those people are from Xiangyang County. I am worried that they will be detrimental to Prince Jia's Mansion and follow them where they are. Then I came back to report the news.”
"Oh?" After hearing this, Xia Chengxuan stood up from his seat in shock, "Where did they stay?"
"The second household of Xuding in Kuangjiaji in the west of the city is a large courtyard with a camphor forest next to it. It's not difficult to find." Mei Yuanchen replied.
Xia Chengxuan nodded, secretly writing down Mei Yuanchen's description in his mind, and then said to the two of them: "Grandpa, Yuanchen, please wait a moment, I'll go down and make arrangements." After that, he walked out of the hall.
... ...
It is rare for Lingchengzhai to have guests today.
The court recruitment order has long passed, but Zhang Suiguang has never returned to Danyang City. These days, he fishes and drinks every day, and is as happy as a god.
Li Xueci traveled thousands of miles and found someone to return to Danyang City and asked Shi Yinheng for a hundred jars of white wine. After loading the escort, they were careful all the way and finally delivered it to Lingchengzhai smoothly without even a drop of it being spilled on the way.
Zhang Suiguang once said, "After drinking these hundred jars of wine, I will return to the main hall." So far, there are ninety-two empty jars in the wine cellar.
The boy had just brought the wine jar, but before he could open it, someone came to report: "Gang leader, there is a dark and thin man outside the door who calls himself Mu Jing. He said that he is an old friend of the gang leader. Tell him his name, and the gang leader will naturally know."
"There are eight jars of wine left. It looks like we are going to get drunk today! Haha... It makes me happy just thinking about it!" Zhang Suiguang said with a smile on his face, "Invite him to the front hall."
After hearing this, the messenger said "yes" and retreated with all his strength.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Suiguang tore open the seal of the wine, picked up the jar and drank from it.
... ...
Mei Yuanchen stayed in the house for a long time, but he only saw Ran Jieting twice, but never said a word to him.
There were only two of them left in the hall. Mei Yuanchen called out "Hello, old master!" and didn't know what to say anymore. Not many people in the house knew about his engagement with Xia Chengyi, and Ran Jieting didn't even know about it.
Fortunately, Xia Chengxuan was quick and quick, and he was back in less than half a cup of tea.
"I asked someone to keep an eye on it." Xia Chengxuan sat down and said to Mei Yuanchen, "Such a group of people suddenly appeared, it is very likely that they are the dead soldiers secretly cultivated by Xia Muyan."
"Why do you see it?" Ran Jieting asked.
Xia Chengxuan sneered and replied: "I just asked Du Chong and he said that Xia Muyan went to Xiangyang County seven or eight years ago and stayed there for nearly half a year!"
There are two know-it-alls in Prince Jia's palace. One is Chu Zhong, who has been ordered to investigate the cause of Xia Muchao's death and is not in the capital at this time; the other is Du Chong, whose knowledge is not much worse than Chu Zhong's.
Since Du Chong said with such certainty that Xia Muyan had been to Xiangyang, Xia Muyan must have been to Xiangyang County.
Xia Muyan had been to Xiangyang County and stayed there for half a year. He recalled that he would never go there to enjoy the sights. It was probably at that time that he started to keep the dead soldiers in captivity.
"What should they do if they want to deal with King Jia's Mansion? The current guards in the mansion are not safe. Why don't they explain the reason to Prince Duan and ask him to send a team of divine sentry battalions to the mansion?" Mei Yuanchen had seen that group with his own eyes. Although the black knights have never fought against each other, they can feel that they must be very brave and not weak at all compared to the royal soldiers. This makes them anxious and panicked.
"Xia Muyan has been plotting for many years..." Xia Chengxuan slowly shook his head and said seriously, "I don't know how many chess pieces there are. The Shenshao camp may not have his people. If there is a cooperation between inside and outside, wouldn't it be more dangerous?"
Mei Yuanchen was stunned and speechless.
Yes, Xia Muyan has many hidden chess pieces. The Shenshao Camp is so important that he is very likely to have an informant in it.
"I'll transfer all the masters in the house!" Ran Jieting, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.
The centuries-old foundation of the Xuanguo Duke's Palace is not as good as that of several major princes' palaces, but it has also accumulated a lot of strength. Xia Chengxuan had been thinking before, how to persuade his grandfather to hand over the people in his hands to him?
The Ran family has a great business and is a prominent family in the capital even if it doesn't rely on Prince Jia's Palace. If they don't do anything too extreme, even if Xia Muyan ascends the throne in the future, it may not do anything to the Ran family.
However, if the Ran family helps the Prince's Palace deal with Xia Muyan, once he ascends the throne, he will definitely settle the score later in the year. By then, I am afraid that the Ran family will not be able to escape a disaster.
To help or not to help? Ran Jieting has been weighing and hesitating.
Previously, Ran Jingru forced Xia Chengxuan to swear a poisonous oath, and just now Mei Yuanchen said that hundreds of fierce men in black might come to deal with her daughter, grandson and granddaughter. Ran Jieting could no longer sit still and finally decided to help the palace.
"Grandpa!" Xia Chengxuan was overjoyed. He suddenly knelt on the ground and cried, "Chengxuan thanked Grandpa!"
Ran Jieting sighed, shook his head and said, "We are all close relatives, so what can we thank you for? I will go back and make arrangements." After saying this, he walked to Ran Jingru's room, and after a while he took Mrs. Ran out.
Xia Chengxuan and Mei Yuanchen saw them all the way to the door.
On the way back, Mei Yuanchen's mind was heavy, thinking about the poisonous oath Xia Chengxuan had made earlier.
At that time, everyone thought that the oath made to heaven was one that could never be repented or broken. Once the oath was broken, the oath would be fulfilled.
How easy is it to take revenge within five years?
"Chengxuan..." Mei Yuanchen couldn't help calling lightly.
Seeing his good brother looking at him with such worry, Xia Chengxuan naturally knew what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "What's the big deal! If you can take revenge, five years is enough. If you can't take revenge, you can take revenge in twenty or thirty years." No."
"Chengxuan, Xia Muyan has harmed more than just Prince Jia's Palace. We should work together with Prince Yi's Palace and Prince Zhi's Palace to deal with him. Only in this way can we have a chance of winning." Mei Yuanchen said seriously.
Mei Yuanchen is talented and intelligent, and is definitely not bad at planning. It's just that he has always been pure in mind, kind to others, and doesn't like fighting.
"That's natural." Xia Chengxuan sneered, "I have sent him to Prince Yi's Mansion and Prince Zhi's Mansion at the same time. I am not the only one who wants to kill Xia Muyan."
