Chapter 1407: The Envoy Who Introduced Li Tongguang
Zhou Chen skillfully took the letter from the carrier pigeon's feet, opened it, took a look, and then handed it to Ren Ruyi.
"What?"
"News from your mother."
Upon hearing this, Ren Ruyi hurriedly took it, frowning at first, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thanks."
There wasn't much in the letter. It was that Liu Daotang sent someone to the countryside to take over Ruyi's adoptive mother, but her adoptive mother was not very cooperative and was unwilling to leave. As a result, she was attacked by Zhu Yiwei's people. Fortunately, Zhou Chen He also arranged for people to protect him secretly, so that Zhu Yiwei's people could not return home.
Now, her adoptive mother Ouyang has been rescued by people arranged by Zhou Chen and brought to Wudu, where she lives in the small courtyard where Zhou Chen lived before.
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "With our relationship, there is no need to thank you. There is one more thing about Queen Zhaojie."
Ren Ruyi immediately asked eagerly: "Have you found the murderer who killed the empress?"
"Actually, there is no need to check. You already have a guess in your mind, but you just don't want to believe it and want to find more concrete evidence, right?"
Ren Ruyi was silent. How could she not guess that Queen Zhaojie was the Queen of Anguo, the supreme queen of Anguo. Who could kill the queen of a country?
But speculation is speculation. She still needs definite evidence and wants to know why Queen Zhaojie died, and then she wanted to avenge Queen Zhaojie.
"But don't worry, when we get to Anguo, I will ask Lao Ning to hand over all the investigation results about Queen Zhaojie to you. If you want revenge, I will accompany you."
"Aren't you afraid?" Ren Ruyi asked.
"Afraid?"
Zhou Chen smiled. This word had not been in his dictionary for who knows how many years.
"More than anything else, the thing that scares me is that you will be in danger."
The mission stayed in Jingcheng for a few days, and then headed to its next destination, Hexian County.
Hexian County is also very important in the plot. Many major events happened here. In the future, when Beipan invades the Central Plains, it will have a decisive battle with Anwu and Anwu.
After arriving at He County Post House, Ren Ruyi decided to go to Qingfeng Temple immediately because she had already contacted Zhu Yiwei and set a meeting time. She knew Zhu Yiwei's habits and knew that they would most likely arrive early, so She was also prepared to investigate in advance and catch the other party off guard.
Zhou Chen said that he would go with her. Ren Ruyi originally refused, but Zhou Chen said that he was just following her secretly and would not show up unless she called.
Seeing Zhou Chen's persistence, Ren Ruyi agreed, so the two of them set off from the post house and headed straight for Qingfeng Temple.
Just as Ren Ruyi said, Zhu Yiwei's people did arrive first. They deliberately plotted against Ren Ruyi, but they didn't know that Ren Ruyi knew them very well. Instead, Ren Ruyi plotted against them and killed them first. When Zhu Yiwei's reinforcements arrived to encircle and suppress her, Zhou Chen appeared from the secret to help, and the two teamed up to defeat Zhu Yiwei.
Although he did not get accurate information, Ren Ruyi also learned important information from them and determined a range.
When Zhou Chen and Ren Ruyi returned to the mission, they found that the Hexian Posthouse was in chaos and many places had been burned down.
When they met Yu Shisan, they learned that not long after they left yesterday, Yang Ying's sweetheart Zheng Qingyun came to the post house and secretly met Yang Ying.
But because Ning Yuanzhou was still in the mission, Zheng Qingyun did not cause any trouble, and Zhou Chen reminded him before leaving, so everyone in the mission was always on guard.
At night, a large group of people suddenly attacked the post house, but the guards of the mission, who had been prepared in advance, tried their best to protect the post house. Although the post house looked miserable, more of them were the corpses of the attackers. Casualties were very few.
However, Zheng Qingyun took advantage of the chaos and took away Yang Ying. At this time, Ning Yuanzhou was leading people to pursue him, and he has not returned yet.
"At her age, it's normal for a man to cheat on her."
Yu Shisan had a look of pity, and then cursed angrily: "Then the guard Zheng Qingyun dares to do such a thing. His Highness is such a delicate little lady, he can do such a thing, he is really not a man. "
Thinking of how the princess had resisted them for Zheng Qingyun, Yu Shisan and others were very uncomfortable because they had the same idea. They felt that Zheng Qingyun had bad intentions. Otherwise, how could they have traveled from Wudu to Hehe all at once? Come to the county.
Although the whereabouts of their mission is not top secret, it is definitely not something that a small palace guard can know.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Ning Yuanzhou and Yuan Lu came back with Yang Ying, but Yang Ying was in very bad condition and hid in the room after they came back.
"Ren Ruyi, please go and see His Highness." Ning Yuanzhou requested Ren Ruyi.
The group of people here are all big men. Only Ren Ruyi is a woman and can talk to Yang Ying better.
Ren Ruyi didn't say anything and walked straight into Yang Ying's room. He didn't see Zheng Qingyun coming back together, so everyone naturally knew the reason.
Ning Yuanzhou explained the situation to Zhou Chen and others with a very bad expression. Zheng Qingyun wanted to cheat on Yang Ying. Fortunately, they arrived in time, rescued Yang Ying, and exposed Zheng Qingyun's conspiracy.
He didn't say much about the specific process, only the result. In the end, Zheng Qingyun was killed by Yang Ying herself.
Yu Shisan sighed: "Your Highness looks so delicate, and being forced to kill the man you love is the most painful thing in the world."
Qian Zhao asked worriedly: "Your Highness, will she be fine?"
Yuanlu was also worried: "When the prince came back, she didn't say anything. I hope Sister Ruyi can comfort her."
Zhou Chen was not worried: "Don't look at her so fragile. Her progress along the way is obvious to all. It was a big blow to her, but it was not necessarily a bad thing. At least it made her realize her current situation and recognize human nature. Isn't that how people grow up?"
"That being said, the prince is still young after all."
Ning Yuanzhou and others were so worried that they were absent-minded even when eating.
Another day passed, and Ren Ruyi's persuasion did not work for the time being. Instead, Yang Ying fell ill because of excessive sadness and was always in a coma.
When An Guo learned that Yang Ying was ill, he specially arranged for someone to visit her. The person who came was the introduction envoy and the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple appointed by Emperor An. The introduction envoy was Li Tongguang, the current Changqing Marquis of An Guo.
When Yu Shisan came to explain the situation, everyone understood that An Guo had come with bad intentions, but the envoy of introduction was at the same level as the envoy of welcoming the emperor, Yang Ying. Whether it was Du Changshi or Ning Yuanzhou and others, they were all at a lower level, so the envoy of welcoming the emperor, Yang Ying, had to come forward.
Originally, Wu Guo was in a passive position in order to welcome back Emperor Wu. If they refused to meet, it would undoubtedly lose momentum and give An Guo an excuse to make things difficult.
But the problem is that Yang Ying is still in a coma. Even if he was forced to wake up, he couldn't see anyone in his state, and he would definitely reveal his flaws.
In the end, Ren Ruyi came up with an idea temporarily, and Ning Yuanzhou and others thought it was feasible, so they started to implement it.
After a confrontation, Ning Yuanzhou and others brought Li Tongguang and others to the door of Yang Ying's bedroom. They walked into the house after hearing a "come in".
But after they came in, they did not see Yang Ying, but saw Zhou Chen first.
"Are you the King of Li?"
Li Tongguang and others from An Guo were puzzled when they saw Zhou Chen, because Zhou Chen's image was completely different from the image of the King of Li they had received.
Zhou Chen said calmly: "I am the attendant of His Royal Highness Prince Li. His Royal Highness Prince Li is still in a coma. If you want to see him, you can do it here."
How could the people of Anguo agree? Just as they were arguing, Ren Ruyi, dressed in luxurious palace clothes and graceful, slowly walked out from behind the screen.
"Who are you?"
"Princess Dawu Huyang, I am ordered to accompany Prince Li to An as a female historian."
Ren Ruyi's dignified and graceful manner, cold and arrogant, really stunned the people of Anguo. Even Du Changshi, who came with her, was stunned. She was pretending to be like him.
Zhou Chen cooperated very well and shouted coldly: "Why don't you see the princess?"
The officials of Anguo who came in all looked at Li Tongguang, but Li Tongguang was completely stunned at this time. He looked cold and arrogant, looking at Ren Ruyi in front of him stupidly.
"Master?"
This master also made everyone in the room except Zhou Chen stunned, even Ren Ruyi was no exception.
Ren Ruyi remembered Li Tongguang, but only the Li Tongguang six years ago. After a few years, Li Tongguang had changed a lot. She didn't recognize him at all when they first met, so she was also very surprised when she heard it, but she didn't show anything on her face.
Li Tongguang was excited and stepped forward and said anxiously: "Master, I am Jiu'er, don't you recognize me?"
Ren Ruyi didn't respond, but walked behind Zhou Chen and deliberately asked in a low voice: "What did he say, who is Jiu'er?"
Zhou Chen naturally knew it well and knew the master-disciple relationship between Li Tongguang and Ren Ruyi, but thinking of Li Tongguang's behavior, his eyes were very sharp.
He had been honest with Ren Ruyi and regarded Ren Ruyi as his woman. Naturally, he was very unhappy with those who coveted his woman, even if they were his disciples.
"It's me, it's Jiu'er, Master, you..."
"Shut up, there's no master for you here, this is my Huyang Princess who has made a great effort."
But Li Tongguang only had Ren Ruyi in his eyes, completely ignoring Zhou Chen's words, and eagerly explained: "Master, I am now the Marquis of Changqing, and the emperor has also given me the surname of the country, Jiu'er is no longer a child without a surname."
He pulled the follower behind him over: "Master, this is the follower you pointed out to me back then, Zhu Yin, don't you remember?"
Zhou Chen took a step sideways and stood in front of Ren Ruyi. Li Tongguang's eyes really made him unhappy.
His action angered Li Tongguang, who stepped forward and shouted: "Get out of the way."
After that, he actually attacked Zhou Chen regardless of the occasion.
This made Zhou Chen very happy. He was just worried that he had no chance to teach him a lesson, but this guy came to him.
So he flashed a cold light in his eyes, and quickly attacked Li Tongguang who was attacking him. Although Li Tongguang's martial arts were good, they were not good enough in front of Zhou Chen.
With just one move, Zhou Chen slapped him on the chest, and directly slapped him back several steps.
Coldly watching Li Tongguang, who was holding his chest and looking uncomfortable, Zhou Chen snorted: "If you dare to be presumptuous again, it won't be this light palm next time."
The Anguo officials who came with him hurried to persuade him, but Li Tongguang completely lost his mind and shouted again, trying to wake up Ren Ruyi, but was blocked by Zhou Chen. He couldn't see Ren Ruyi at all, and was very angry.
"Master, I am really Jiu'er. I carry the Tianyun Iron Blue Cloud Sword you gave me every day. I have never left my hand for a day. Look."
"I say it again, retreat."
How could the insane Li Tongguang retreat? All he wanted now was to quickly get rid of Zhou Chen, the troublemaker, and then have a good chat with his master.
So he wanted to draw out the Qingyun Sword, but Zhou Chen had been on guard against him. Before he could draw out the sword, he had already pressed down his sword-holding hand, and then a powerful force burst out, forcibly pressing the sword back, and then kicked out, kicking Li Tongguang out.
"Puff!"
Li Tongguang fell outside the door, spitting out a mouthful of blood, staring at Zhou Chen with red eyes.
The Anguo official who came with him was also shocked, and went over with Zhu Yin to help Li Tongguang up, and then yelled at Zhou Chen and others in a rage.
"How dare you! Marquis Changqing is the envoy who introduced us. You are so cruel. I will report this to His Majesty after I return."
Du Changshi was worried, but Ning Yuanzhou didn't buy it at all. Instead, he said coldly: "It was your Marquis Changqing who wanted to disrespect Princess Huyang. Even if it comes to Emperor An, we Dawu are right."
Li Tongguang didn't care about that. He rushed into the house again regardless of his injuries. This time he calmed down a little and didn't rush towards Zhou Chen again.
"Master, do you really not recognize Jiu'er?"
Ren Ruyi had a blank expression on his face: "I don't know you, and I'm not your master. You recognized the wrong person."
The cold words made Li Tongguang calm down completely. After saying a few polite words, he was ready to turn around and leave.
But just as he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and asked Zhou Chen in a cold voice: "What's your name and what's your identity?"
Zhou Chen smiled and said slowly: "Zhou Chen, my identity is the princess of Huyang County."
After saying this, Li Tongguang's expression changed drastically, and his fingers holding the sword turned white. He stared at Zhou Chen for a long time before turning away.
Ning Yuanzhou's eyes turned back and forth between Zhou Chen and Ren Ruyi: "Old Zhou, you have offended that Changqing Hou to death."
"We are not the same kind of people, so if you want to offend him to death, then offend him to death. Who made me very unhappy."
No matter what kind of person Li Tongguang is in the TV series, they can't be the same kind of people just because he covets his woman.
Ning Yuanzhou thought for a while and said: "Miss Ruyi, I don't know what your relationship with that Changqing Hou is, but I hope you..."
Before he finished speaking. Ren Ruyi interrupted and said, "Don't worry, I won't destroy our cooperation. My current identity is the Princess of Dawu Huyang, and I have nothing to do with him."
"That's good."
After Ning Yuanzhou left, only Zhou Chen and Ren Ruyi were left.
Zhou Chen saw that Ren Ruyi was a little absent-minded, walked to her side and held her hand.
"Are you still thinking about your apprentice? You won't blame me for teaching him a lesson just now."
Ren Ruyi shook her head and said, "No, I just felt surprised. I didn't expect to meet him here, and I didn't expect that he was actually the Marquis of Changqing. No wonder Mei Niang hesitated when she talked about the Marquis of Changqing before. It seems that she knew it a long time ago."
"But although he left today, he will definitely not let it go. He will definitely find ways to prove my identity. Although I am not worried, his current identity will also be a troublesome matter if he causes trouble for the delegation."
Zhou Chen held her hand tightly and comforted her, "Don't worry, if he dares to mess around, I will beat him for you again. Anyway, he is your apprentice, so I am his master's father-in-law. It is natural for a master's father-in-law to beat his apprentice."