This is just a guess by Xiang Ling and cannot be completely confirmed.
But as long as there is such a possibility, Xiang Ling will not touch this taboo.
Originally, he really wanted to make acquaintance with Shen Qingyun first. It didn't matter whether it was useful or not. Let's get to know each other first and become familiar with each other.
After all, Shen Qingyun will go to the Imperial Capital in the future, and with their identities, they will definitely have to deal with a lot of things.
However, Su Chengwang's overly enthusiastic performance made Xiang Ling really unsure, and he became increasingly certain that this was a test by his father.
In this case, Xiang Ling can only suppress the news for the time being.
After all, besides Su Chengwang, there might be people from the Seventh Department secretly observing him.
There is really no need to add extraneous details.
"Originally, I thought that Shen Qingyun was just the princess who was forced by my father, so she was looking for a shield, and it had nothing to do with him. But since I met the old Prime Minister, I have changed my mind a little."
Feng Lin frowned, "Your Highness, you mean that there is something wrong with Shen Qingyun?"
Xiang Ling smiled and said: "Of course there is no problem, I just feel that this person is not useless, maybe he is not just a puppet that the princess can control at will.
Thinking about it, what kind of person is Lao Xiangguo? To be praised by him, Shen Qingyun must be outstanding. As for the mechanics, chess and cooking, they may be novel and surprising, but they are by no means the reason for Shen Qingyun to be looked down upon. ..”
As he said that, Xiang Ling was stunned, and suddenly said: "Zhu Cong... That makes sense."
"What did Your Highness say?" Feng Lin was puzzled.
Xiang Ling said: "A few days ago, the Liangzhou County Magistrate submitted a murder case to the Ministry of Punishment. The criminal seemed to be from the Yang family. The receipt has been stuck in the Ministry of Punishment for a month or two. It was the old Prime Minister who asked the Seventh Ministry to inform Zhu Cong. , then beheaded the criminal in advance. Before leaving the imperial capital, my father and the prince brother told me about Zhu Cong, and asked me to bring the official transfer order...
A mere county magistrate and a young son of the Yang family would definitely not attract the attention of the old Prime Minister. Coincidentally, Si Nanbo's bride was from the Song family, and the murderer of the Yang family seemed to be related to Si Nanbo's bride. Therefore, the old prime minister did not do it for nothing, but for Shen Qingyun? "
Xiang Ling frowned and said in a deep voice: "The case should be related to Shen Qingyun, but for him...why should he?"
"Do you want me to check?" Feng Lin asked.
"No need." Xiang Ling waved his hand, "If what I expected is correct, now everyone is paying attention to our every move. These things will be known sooner or later, so there is no need to worry."
Judging from these clues, Xiang Ling can basically confirm that Shen Qingyun is related to Yang Cong's case, and he is not an incompetent person.
But on the surface, Xiang Ling couldn't see Shen Qingyun's performance at all.
If it's just because Shen Qingyun is Yue Lianshuang's fiancé, with Su Chengwang's status, it shouldn't be a problem, right?
Not to mention Xiang Ling couldn't figure it out, even Shen Qingyun himself couldn't figure it out.
Su Chengwang really had nothing to say to Shen Qingyun.
From Su Chengwang's perspective, the skills of the brewing machine are not worth mentioning, and the methods of doing things are nothing more than this. The blessing of the princess is just the icing on the cake. These three points alone can only get a few compliments from Su Chengwang at most, and that's it.
What really made Su Chengwang curious about Shen Qingyun was Shen Qingyun's words.
Although Shen Qingyun is usually calm, his way of thinking is obviously different from everyone Su Chengwang has ever seen, and his perspective and viewpoint on things are very unique.
Moreover, Shen Qingyun's intelligence is not without its manifestations. His ability to see the essence of things through things is beyond the reach of Su Chengwang himself.
Shen Qingyun was very clear-headed. Anyone else would have bitten the bait Yue Linshuang threw without hesitation.
Even Su Chengwang himself is the same. Putting himself in his shoes, if he and Shen Qingyun exchanged roles, he wouldn't have any hesitation.
But Shen Qingyun chose to refuse immediately, because Shen Qingyun saw the dangers and constraints behind the opportunities.
This was the second shock that Shen Qingyun brought to Su Chengwang.
The first time was what Shen Qingyun said last time in the restaurant.
The so-called class differences and class conflicts between the Han tribe and the gentry...
It is indeed difficult for people to disagree with some of Shen Qingyun's views, but what really surprised Su Chengwang was that these words came from Shen Qingyun, not from a high-ranking official or a scholar.
This kind of shock was real to Su Chengwang.
Yue Linshuang was next door at that time. Perhaps, besides Shen Qingyun being suitable, Yue Linshuang chose Shen Qingyun, but this was also part of the reason, right?
As for Shen Qingyun's plan to find a way out for himself later, buy property, General Lie, and Ping An cards, these are all evidence that Shen Qingyun is sober.
Shen Qingyun has never been blinded by the opportunity in front of him.
This is what Su Chengwang really values.
Sometimes, ability and talent may not necessarily need to be shown in a high-profile way.
Su Chengwang has long passed the age of talking loudly and talking on paper.
His rich experience only told him two words of truth, pragmatism.
And Shen Qingyun is the best evidence of this truth.
Of course, Shen Qingyun and Xiang Ling didn't know what Su Chengwang was thinking. Now that they knew each other's identity and Su Chengwang's purpose, they began to avoid each other intentionally or unintentionally.
Even though they live in the same courtyard, the two of them have a tacit understanding and rarely communicate.
This is a test for Xiang Ling, but is it not a test for Shen Qingyun?
Shen Qingyun's name has now been reserved for Chu Emperor Xiang Qian, and coupled with Yue Lianshuang's reasons, his every move will certainly attract attention.
Even if the chance is the smallest, Xiang Ling is still a prince after all.
After all, Xiang Qian is not dead yet, and the prince is still just the prince.
On the other side, Sheng Lingyun, who was injured and escaped, found the base of Jin Yiwei's secret agent.
"Your Excellency, is he injured?" The Jin Yiwei who was responding was a little surprised to see Sheng Lingyun.
Sheng Lingyun's lips turned white and his face looked weak. Hearing this, he just shook his head and said, "I'm fine."
"Your Excellency, you have great martial arts skills, but you are so seriously injured. Could it be that you met a master from the Chu Kingdom?"
"Yes." Sheng Lingyun agreed: "It is indeed the person who met Shen Yuan's jade."
"With your skills, the person who can hurt you must not be an unknown person. Can you tell me his appearance? Maybe we have already kept a file."
Sheng Lingyun frowned, thought about it carefully, and said in a deep voice: "I am about the same age as me, with a long sword, and a face as cold as frost..."
While listening to Sheng Lingyun's description, his subordinates opened the secret compartment and rummaged through the files.
"Found it, it should be this person."
Sheng Lingyun picked up the file and took a look at it, frowned and whispered: "Feng Lin!"
"Shen Yuan Jade Bibi has two inherited martial arts. One is the Jade Realm Divine Skill, which can absorb other people's internal energy in the body, and then use its own skills to fire it. The Jade Realm Divine Skill is famous in the Dongyuan martial arts world.
There is also a swordsmanship called Snow Mark Swordsmanship, which is less famous than the Jade Realm Divine Skill, and few people outside the Chu Kingdom have heard of it.
The contemporary head of Shen Yuan Yubi is named Feng Yunji. It is said that he is hiding in the Chu Kingdom and guarding the Emperor of Chu. This Feng Lin is Feng Yunji’s son..."
The more Sheng Lingyun looked at the file, the tighter his brows became.
"Why is Feng Lin the personal bodyguard of Xiang Ling, the fifth prince of the Chu Kingdom?"
The subordinate said: "I don't know the specific reason, but it should be related to Huaiyang Hou Fei Ji."
"Qianjunwei?"
"good."
Fei Ji is Xiang Ling's uncle, and Sheng Lingyun certainly knows this information.
However, Fei Ji was different from Yue Cheng. The predecessor of Yulinshan was the Jianghu sect, but Qianjun Guard was not. Fei Ji did not have much communication with the Jianghu sect.
However, Shen Yuan Yubi is not an ordinary Jianghu sect. Emperor Wu Xiang Yu was a disciple of Shen Yuan Yubi. Shen Yuan Yubi also completely surrendered to the Chu royal family after Emperor Wu and became a minion of the empire.
It is not surprising that Fei Ji has a friendship with Feng Yunji.
This is not the point.
"Since Feng Lin is the personal bodyguard of the prince of Chu, doesn't it mean that Xiang Ling has also come to Liangzhou?" Sheng Lingyun murmured in a low voice: "At this time, without the order of Emperor Chu, Xiang Ling would not have appeared. Here..."
During the Chinese New Year, if it wasn't a big event, there would be no trouble for a dignified prince to take action.
"Go and investigate immediately. Why did Xiang Ling come to Liangzhou? If Emperor Chu has an imperial edict, why haven't we received any news?"
"yes."
The men took the orders and went.
Sheng Lingyun fell into deep thought.
Only this time, it was not because of Xiang Ling, but because of Zhuge Yan.
Sheng Lingyun and Zhuge Yan had known each other since they were young. At that time, Sheng Lingyun had just joined the Jin Yi Guards, and Zhuge Yan was already the flag of the Jin Yi Guards. He was so highly regarded by the commander that he handed over the only existing Tianji box to Zhuge Yan.
There are two types of selection for Jinyiwei. One is to recruit good players from martial arts circles, and the other is to train them from an early age.
Sheng Lingyun is the former, and Zhuge Yan is the latter.
Jinyiwei collects orphans from all over the country and carefully trains talented people to serve the empire.
But now Zhuge Yan told Sheng Lingyun that he was not an orphan.
"Did you lie to me, or did the commander lie to all of us?"
Liu Ruofeng, the commander of Jinyiwei, knows the origin of Zhuge Yan best.
Sheng Lingyun is not sure whether Liu Ruofeng deliberately helped Zhuge Yan conceal his life experience before, or whether Zhuge Yan deliberately said such things to deceive him.
But now, the possibility of the latter is not high, and there is really no need for Zhuge Yan to disturb Sheng Lingyun's mind with such far-fetched lies.
Then the reason can only be the former.
"I have never understood why you did this, but since you left me a clue, I will naturally find out. The revenge of killing your father...Who is your father? Who killed your father?"
Sheng Lingyun understood that this was a deliberate reminder from Zhuge Yan.
As if sensing something, Zhuge Yan, who was far away in Liangzhou, was also in a daze at this time.
"Ling Yun, sometimes, the truth told by others is far less convincing than the truth revealed by oneself. The friendship between you and me ends here. The next time we meet, it will be a life-or-death battle between you and me."
