"It's only half an hour. Are you going to kill yourself or let me do it?"
"Ah, since you are a nine-life killer, then I have to kill you eight times, right?"
After Jin Baobao left, Zhao Yan looked at Liu Fenyu.
"Can the prince not kill me?"
"What's the reason?"
"When it is inconvenient for the prince to take action in the future, Fen Yu is willing to take care of it on his behalf!"
"Really...Tell me first, who is the Jin Yiwei who asked you to delay the time?"
“……”
Unexpectedly, regarding this simple question, Liu Fenyu, who was obsessed with survival, remained silent.
There was a moment of struggle on his face, but he finally gave up.
"My lord, let's do it."
"It's quite principled, that's all. There are Shuiyunjian restaurants in every country. If you like it, you can come and drink more often."
Zhao Yan waved his hand and asked him to leave.
He really didn't have to kill the other party.
A principled assassin is more credible than an assassin who has no bottom line.
If the other party betrays his employer's information, he will definitely take action without hesitation.
"...Thank you, Your Majesty."
Liu Fenyu bowed and saluted, picked up the sword from the ground, and walked out of the room.
As an assassin, he is willing to die.
But now he still has unfinished business in his heart, and it's not time to die yet.
After letting Liu Fenyu go, Zhao Yan sat in the room for a while. He still didn't notice any strange changes in the capital, and he couldn't help but feel even more confused.
Half an hour is Western time. Although it has only been half a quarter of an hour, it stands to reason that the other party should have taken action long ago.
It was impossible for Jin Yiwei to conclude that Liu Fenyu would be able to hold him back for half an hour, so the action must have started the moment he entered the room.
This incidates that…
The target of the operation is not inside the city, but outside the city?
Zhao Yan suddenly turned around and walked out of the room, facing Banhe and Mingyan. When they saw him coming out, they quickly stepped forward to wait for instructions.
"Your Majesty."
"Owner!"
"You guys go back to the village immediately, just in case."
"yes!"
"As you command!"
The two women were extremely fast and disappeared into the corridor in an instant after receiving the order.
The next moment, Jin Baobao climbed up the stairs in a panic, and only reported in a low voice when he was in front of him:
"Your Majesty, a guy in the backyard committed suicide by taking poison..."
"Haha...Jin Yiwei has bullied me to death, Jin Baobao, you can take good care of yourself..."
"My subordinates deserve to die! My subordinates deserve to die!"
"Whether you deserve to die or not, I'll deal with you after tonight."
Zhao Yan's tone was cold, and he left with a cold snort. Only Jin Baobao, who was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, knelt down on the ground.
Everything he owned came from Prince Qi's Mansion. Now that such a big mistake has occurred, it is indeed hard to escape the blame.
Being infiltrated on his own home court, even his master's whereabouts were exposed. If the prince hadn't been so powerful in martial arts, the consequences would have been unimaginable...
As Jin Baobao thought about it, his whole body was so frightened that he could not help but tremble.
……
……
After staying in the city for another moment and confirming that there was nothing serious, Zhao Yanshou took him back to the manor.
There is actually nothing special outside the city, except that the imperial mausoleum thirty miles away contains the bones of the ancestors of the Zhao family.
But Jin Yiwei couldn't have spent so much money just to steal these bones, right?
Besides, the imperial mausoleum also has a Zhixuan realm worshiper on duty, so there shouldn't be any problems.
When we returned to Sanxian Village, the village was indeed different from usual, with torches lit everywhere.
Zhao Yan knew that he was right. Jin Yiwei's target this time was actually himself.
To be more precise, it was something inside Sanxian Manor.
He stood on tiptoes and jumped up to the tall gate of the village to take a panoramic view of the whole situation. Then he stepped on the eaves and corners to reach the place where the firelight was most concentrated.
I saw twenty or thirty beauties of different styles standing in a huge open space, and among them, six men in black fell or knelt down and were thrown to the ground.
When Zhao Yan first arrived, the girls quickly saluted and shouted:
"See you, my lord!"
"No gift."
In Sanxian Manor, 80%25 of the servants are women, and only a few positions are occupied by men. It can be called a mini girls' country.
As for the women in the village, there were very few who were completely incompetent in martial arts.
In addition to Banhe and Mingyan, there are two other masters in the extraordinary realm, and the number of first-level masters has reached seven.
The strength is strong enough to be called a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
But they were all secretly trained by Zhao Yan, and they had no reputation at all in the world.
The world only knows that His Highness King Qi is the number one expert in the Song Dynasty, but they don't know that his Sanxian Village can also be called the number one village in the Song Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, just now these six people sneaked into the village with evil intentions and were captured by the slaves and others. One of the Westerners committed suicide by taking poison, and only two of them survived."
The tall woman who spoke was named Mo Yu. She was the female official in charge of Sanxian Village. Her martial arts skills were mediocre, only at the Western level, but she acted steadily and comprehensively, and was deeply trusted by Zhao Yan.
"Well, who is the target?"
"They were divided into two groups, one went to Xiaoqinyuan and the other went to Wenyaju."
"oh?"
Zhao Yan raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
Xiaoqinyuan is the residence of Li Qingluo, and Wang Yuyan also lives here.
But it has been thirteen years since the two of them entered Prince Qi's palace. Why did Jin Yiwei have an idea against them?
As for Wen Yaju, she can still figure it out.
There is a small courtyard in the village where foreign guests are received, and now only one person lives there.
Li Mochou…
And now, she was standing at the scene without saying a word.
What secrets does this woman have that are worthy of Jin Yiwei’s thoughts?
Let's say beautiful.
Beautiful indeed.
But both Wang Yuyan and Ren Yingying are half as beautiful as Li Mochou.
The question is, besides being abandoned by Lu Zhanyuan two months ago, something must have happened to her that she didn't know about.
"Your Majesty, these people are all eunuchs."
Seeing Zhao Yan frowning and thinking, Mo Yu came closer and added another clue.
"Eunuch? It turns out there are shadows of the East and West factories behind him..."
Things became more complicated and confusing, but Zhao Yan also felt more energetic.
"Do you want to ask questions, Your Majesty?"
There were two plain-looking men in black kneeling on the ground. Their eyes were cold and emotionless, and they were clearly dead soldiers.
This kind of person will not say a single word even if he is tortured to the extreme.
Especially for the dead soldiers trained by the East and West Factory, asking questions is in vain.
"No more questions, just kill him."
Zhao Yan said calmly, looking at Li Mochou.
"You come with me."
Li Mochou had long been aware of this incident and followed Zhao Yan's footsteps without saying a word.
"Yan'er, go get me a robe."
"Sister Yingying, come here too."
When passing by the two girls, Zhao Yan pointed to the slightly tattered clothes on his body and said to them.
"good."
……
……
Jingwentang.
Zhao Yan put on a new robe and sat at the top.
Sitting on the left side of the long table were Wang Yuyan and Ren Yingying, and on the right side was Li Mochou.
"Brother Yan, who are these people tonight?"
After the Westerners sat down, Wang Yuyan asked first.
After nightfall, she took the tortoise shell back to Xiaoqinyuan for translation. Not long after, she heard the sound of fighting coming from outside the courtyard.
When they got outside the house, they saw three men in black being beaten by the sisters in the village. They looked miserable.
"He's a spy from the Ming Dynasty's East-West Factory. As for his true identity, I don't know either."
"They should be people under Liu Jin of the East Factory. Yuhuatian of the West Factory is not so generous."
Ren Yingying made a judgment for Zhao Yan.
She is responsible for the work of Xiaoyulou and has a much better understanding of intelligence than Zhao Yan.
"Have there been any strange movements in the royal family of the Ming Dynasty recently?"
Although a series of things have happened, Zhao Yan still has no clue.
What happened this time was really weird.
"Let me think about it...the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a very strange person. He neglects government affairs and only holds court meetings once a month. He usually stays in a place called the Leopard Room."
Ren Yingying gently rubbed the thumb and index finger of her left hand, closing her eyes and thinking about the Ming Dynasty intelligence she had read.
After a while, she suddenly thought of something, frowned and said:
"There's nothing else. If there must be something strange..."
"He has been selected from private drafts seven times in the past six months."
"All over the Ming Dynasty, beautiful women were selected, but few were chosen, and most of them returned."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Yuyan shouted angrily on the spot.
"He is really a lustful ghost, unlike my brother Yan, who is still unmarried!"
The little girl said, looking at Zhao Yan eagerly.
She felt that brother Yan must be waiting for her to grow up quickly by not marrying a wife.
In one month, after her birthday, she will officially be sixteen and ready to get married.
"Uh...oh hehe..."
Zhao Yan smiled awkwardly.
The little girl doesn't know yet that she has been kissed. If she knew, she would probably be sad.
"Sister Yingying, notify the spies from the Ming Dynasty and try your best to find out this information."
"good."
"Also, sort out all our intelligence systems in the Song Dynasty. Don't waste any of the ones that should be reactivated."
"...Seriously? Are you not afraid of trouble anymore? Because you were afraid of conflict with the Imperial City Secretary, you personally abandoned them."
Ren Yingying looked at Zhao Yan in surprise, unable to guess his true intention.
There used to be a very powerful spy under the banner of Xiaoyulou called "Dead Leaves".
But because his ability is too strong, he often makes the Imperial City Secretary disgraced.
It made Zhao Lu worry too much, and Zhao Yan made them all enter the pension mode with a cruel heart.
But seeing the situation in Shuiyunjian today, he had to restart this group of people.
It's not too late to make up for it. If it's really riddled with holes, it's over.
"It's better to be in trouble than to be infiltrated."
"In the worst case, I'll go to the Imperial City Department and give Wang Renzhan a beating to see if he dares to report it in front of the emperor brother."
Zhao Yan made a face and settled the matter first.
Then she turned to look at Li Mochou who was silent and silent.
At this time, Li Mochou was not yet twenty years old. She had bright eyes, white teeth, and fair complexion. She was an outstanding beauty.
If it weren't for her dull complexion, she could be even more beautiful than she is now.
She was deceived by Lu Zhanyuan and had thoughts about the world. However, not long after leaving the ancient tomb, she was cruelly abandoned by her sweetheart and married someone else in front of her eyes.
It is difficult for ordinary girls to bear such suffering, let alone a woman like her who has been in the ancient tomb since she was a child and is not familiar with the world.
Seeing her current appearance, Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and his tone became softer.
"Miss Li, can you tell me why you were injured two months ago?"
