Duan Canghai was surprised and said, “Didn’t the Marquis of Loyalty come here?”
Gu Qinghan shook her head and said, “When the general was alive, our mansion was on friendly terms with the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty. I thought that the Marquis of Loyalty could immediately come when he knew the death of the general. But...the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty only sent an ordinary person who left right away after worshipping our general. Since then, no one has come again.”
Yang Ning asked, “Maybe the Marquis of Loyalty thinks that our mansion no longer has a backer because my father is gone... So he...”
“Ning, don’t speak carelessly.” Gu Qinghan glared at Yang Ning, but there was a trace of surprise in her eyes, “Why do you have this thought?”
Yang Ning just spoke casually. When he saw that Gu Qinghan was blaming him, he said, “I... I’m talking nonsense. I won’t say it again.” He thought that the two strongest members of the Q
“Why?”Duan Canghai said, “Although people from the Rising Sun Escort Agency were all dead, the escort carriages were still there. However, the goods on the carriages were gone and nothing was left.”“The goods were gone?” Yang Ning raised his eyebrows tightly, and said softly, “That’s strange. If those killers wanted to rob them of the goods, they could just pull the carriages away. Why did they leave the escort carriages there? Is it possible that they wanted to place the goods on their own carriages?” He shook his head, “If they wanted to rob the goods, they must fulfill their task as quickly as possible. It would take them a lot of time to reload the goods. Do they all infuse their brains with water?”“Well, Your Excellency, what does ‘infuse their brains with water’ mean?” Duan Canghai felt that this phrase was very novel, so he immediately asked Yang Ning modestly.Yang Ning glanced at him and said, “The brain is full of brai
While Yang Ning was still in shock, someone was led into the mourning hall. This was a man of the age of thirty-something, well dressed, looking quite handsome yet pale. Seeing his staggering walking, unfocused gaze and listless appearance, Yang Ning knew that this man was extremely weak.The Marquis of Martial Arts stepped into the mourning hall and darted a look at Yang Ning, who was kneeling on the side. The Marquis took off his hat and made a casual fist and palm salute after stepping forward, then he immediately turned to Steward Qiu and asked, “Is the Dowager available?”“Please, Your Excellency, the Dowager has been unwell and is not able to receive anyone,” Steward Qiu said with great respect, “Your Excellency, please come to the leisure room for a cup of tea.” Steward Qiu turned and shotted a glance at Yang Ning. He gave Yang Ning a wave, gesturing Yang Ning to follow them.Holding hands at his back, the Marquis of Martial Arts coughed
Apparently, Gu Qinghan showed little respect to the Marquis of Martial Arts. A hint of anger crawled on to the Marquis’s brow, while he started to feel a little scrupulous in front of Gu Qinghan. He said, “I came here to see the Dowager on the matter of the engagement. Since the Dowager is not available now, I would like you to send a message for me.”“I heard what you just said, Your Excellency. I’m not sure if I understood it right,” Gu Qinghan casually said, “The marriage contract between our families was settled while two old marquises were still alive. Barring accidents, your family and ours will start to prepare for the wedding in the next spring. After all, the engagement has been settled for more than ten years.”“Prepare?” The Marquis of Martial Arts said with a sneer, “Now that Qi Jing has…has passed away, Qi Ning has to observe mourning for three years. Even if there is a wedding, it has to be held three years later.”“We can wait,”
Gu Qinghan frowned a little. After thinking for a while, she said in a low voice, “Canghai, give a strict order. From now on, no one in the Mansion shall go out without a good reason. If they need to purchase groceries, they shall be cautious while they are out.” Then she said to Qi Feng, “Qi Feng, you have acquaintances in Capital Bureau. You may ask them about what has happened.”Both of them lifted their hands and answered yes. Qi Feng said, “Third Lady, the policemen of Capital Bureau are just patrolling as instructed, therefore, if anything has happened in the palace, they properly don’t know exactly what is going on.”“I agree with Qi Feng,” Duan Canghai said, “Black Sword Camp has been sent into the Imperial City, and the defending force of the Imperial City has been shifted, which means that they wanted to block information from the palace. At this moment, it is difficult to inquire about what has happened in the palace.”After a brief
Things in the capital Jianye went on, in the way Duan Canghai had speculated. Black Sword Camp was sent into the Imperial City, replacing the defending force there, while the original defending force, Royal Guard Camp was sent out of the capital, stationed fifteen li away in the north of the city.At that night, a curfew was imposed in the city.If it was not in critical condition, a curfew would not be imposed even in a frontier town, let alone a capital of a state. A curfew would mean that something huge was about to happen.While Black Sword Camp was defending the Imperial City, Tiger God Camp was defending the gates to the outside of Jianye City. Besides, Tiger God Camp sent out some troops to assist Capital Bureau patrolling all the streets in the capital.It had been many years since the last time Jianye City experienced such a solemn atmosphere.By the time they held the funeral of Qi Jing, the Marquis of Honor,
If that eunuch was in a bowing position like others, Yang Ning would never notice him. However, his eyes were scanning Yang Ning’s face, so Yang Ning looked back at him and saw that eunuch was pale with no beard, but his eyes were fierce. He looked familiar at the first sight. When Yang Ning got to see clearly, he immediately recognized that the eunuch looked almost the same with the old man in gray robe, who he had met in the tavern.On that day, Yang Ning was escaping from the tavern with Xiao Guang, while that older in gray robe was trapped by the Mysterious Flying Cicada Ninjas. After that day, Yang Ning had thought about that man. He didn’t know for sure whether he was still alive or not, but he had a feeling that the old man was unlikely to survive.Trying to make a living in the Mansion of the Marquis of Honor for these days, Yang Ning almost forgot about the old man in gray robe, so he really didn’t expect to see him in such an occasion.
The face of the servant in black changed immediately, and his eyes turned fierce. He turned over his wrist and clenched Yang Ning’s wrist.Yang Ning sneered. As he and the servant in black were clenching each other at the wrist, he made a fist with the other hand and planned to punch in the face of the servant in black.He didn’t know that the servant in black was really skillful. The servant leaned back and dodged a punch from Yang Ning. As Yang Ning was about to take the chance of lowering his hand to grab the servant’s face, he felt tingling pain in his palm, like he got stung by a bee. Yang Ning knew this might be bad. Just in an instant, the servant in black had quickly moved behind him.Yang Ning didn’t expect this guy was so good at martial arts. As he was about to sweep his leg backward, he saw something shiny. It was a piece of finest wire aiming at his neck.Just in a split second, Yang Ning raised his right hand to prote
Duan Canghai scanned the room after getting in. His face slightly changed when he saw the long line formed with people. He hurried forward and drew the sword from the sheath, hacking.As the sword flashed by, the arm, which was stuck to Yang Ning, got cut off. Blood spurted. Duan Canghai was now holding Yang Ning by the arm and retreating at a rapid rate.It took him only a second to draw the sword and take Yang Ning away. He did it without any hesitation nor fear.After that arm got cut off, all those guards leaned backward. They were all exhausted and suffered the soreness of muscle. At this moment, none of them could manage to get up.Yang Ning was involuntarily taking in the flows of strength. The flows of strength were getting smoother. The route from the Qihai acupoint to his belly was already broken through, but his belly was extremely upset, like it was burning inside. Every time a wave of strength flowed in his body, it wa