Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1492: Legend of the Hidden Sea 12

Because of the flood in Zhongzhou, Xiao Jinyue did not participate in the football match in the capital. He only showed up when he accompanied Emperor Zhenshun's personal eunuch to present awards to the best performers.

Zang Hai didn't expect that King Qinghe, whom he had tried so hard to meet, would appear before him so suddenly. The other party was more elegant and noble than he had secretly guessed. She stood there, and the decorations and thumb-sized jewels she wore only served as a foil to her.

Everyone present knelt down to greet him and shouted "Long Live the King". Xiao Jinyue was a little displeased with Zhuang Zhixing, but after a closer look, she had to admit that this boy was indeed capable of supporting the Pingjin Marquis's Mansion, so she said to Zhuang Zhixing: "The Zhuang family has made great contributions to the defense of Dayong for generations. Now you are the only one left in your family who can go out. Why don't you pick up your family's martial arts and join the army."

Zhuang Zhixing was so excited that he forgot what he said. After he returned, Zhuang Luyin smiled at him, which was rare. "Good boy, since the King of Qinghe is optimistic about your military career, I hope you can support the Pingjin Marquis's Mansion. You should join the army in the near future."

Jiang Xiang was very unhappy, but she also knew that Zhuang Zhixing's joining the army was inevitable, and the connections in the army of the Marquisate would definitely fall into Zhuang Zhixing's hands. She gritted her teeth and forced a smile, "Your eldest brother is useless now, but you can take this opportunity to study literature. By then, one of you brothers will be good at literature and the other at martial arts, and our Marquisate will have another way out."

Zhuang Luyin agreed with this and silently gave up the idea of ​​abandoning Jiang Xiang and Zhuang Zhifu. After all, it was still unknown whether the hostage of Dongxia Kingdom could be returned, and Dongxia Kingdom had already lost the Guixi and had completely lost the confidence to go against Dayong. There would be no place for its military generals to display their abilities next.

If the Marquis' Mansion could get hold of the Jiang family's power and write a letter, at least as Jiang Xiang said, the Marquis' Mansion would have an extra way out.

When Zhuang Zhixing saw Zhuang Luyin's behavior, he felt that his heart was hurt again, and his interest in being praised by Prince Qinghe was dampened a lot. However, he could not turn against Zhuang Luyin at the moment. Besides, Canghai had suggested to him before that if he wanted to avoid Jiang Xiang's various methods and take the initiative in this marquis's mansion, the best way was for him to join the army.

Zhuang Zhixing traveled quietly. After all, even though he was a well-known playboy and incompetent person in the capital, his only friend was Zang Hai. The young men in the capital had tried many times to invite him but failed. After careful inquiries, they found out that Zhuang Zhixing had actually joined the army.

Of course Xiao Jinyue also knew the news that Zhuang Zhixing had joined the army, but she did not give Zhuang Zhixing a chance to get close to her. Although she accepted the gift from the Pingjin Marquis Mansion, she also returned a gift of more value.

Zhuang Luyin was of course very disappointed by this, but Jiang Xiang was secretly happy and turned his attention to taking care of his pregnant daughter-in-law.

Jiang Xiang was very open-minded. Zhuang Zhifu had followed her mother's family path to become an official and had even passed the examination for a scholar. Now her grandson was continuing on the path of a civil servant.

As long as the world of Dayong is at peace, Zhuang Zhixing will have no way to make meritorious deeds. Even if he takes over the connections in the Marquis's army, his future will probably be very limited.

Moreover, she could see that Zhuang Luyin was more inclined to let the Marquis' Mansion take this opportunity to transform into a literary career.

As for Xiao Jinyue and Prince Yongrong, the Prince of Linzi died in vain in the capital. Even though Prince Linzi knew that it was the work of Emperor Zhenshun's clan, he could only swallow his anger as he was not completely sure. He had to step forward personally to clean up the mess and say that the Prince had died of an acute illness.

Xiao Jinyue was ready for Prince Linzi to rise up in resistance, but Prince Linzi actually backed down. She couldn't believe that Prince Linzi would just take a step back. She remained on high alert and quickened her pace to clean up and control the officialdom in Jiangnan and the southeast to prepare for going to sea.

After the news of the death of the second prince at the hands of Xiao Jinyue spread, although the people under Prince Linzi initially felt a sense of solidarity, that momentum was suppressed a little by Prince Linzi himself. After they calmed down a little, the situation began to change subtly.

Originally, the wool business was a huge profit, but most of them could not get involved in it because they followed Prince Linzi. Unfortunately, now two princes have been killed by Xiao Jinyue one after another.

People, sometimes they don’t believe in fate, but sometimes they have to believe in it.

What's more, there is almost no possibility that Prince Linzi himself will ascend to the throne, so all they can count on is the prince who has great talent and strategy.

When Xiao Jinyue was closely following the situation in Jiangnan, Shen Mudan suddenly reported that Xiang Antu was most likely hidden by Zang Hai.

Xiao Jinyue was completely confused. "Are you saying that Xiang Antu was hidden by Zang Hai? What's the reason?"

Shen Mudan couldn't understand it either. After all, she had recently relaxed her surveillance on Xiang Antu and Canghai and was assisting Xiao Jinyue in keeping an eye on Jiangnan and Prince Linzi.

Fortunately, Shen Mudan had sorted out the information before and guessed that Cang Hai was most likely the son of the previous director of the Imperial Observatory, Kuai Duo. So now they can only speculate that Xiang Antu was taken away and hidden by Cang Hai, which is probably related to the Gui Seal.

When Shen Mudan mentioned the Gui Seal, Xiao Jinyue roughly understood why Cang Hai hid Xiang Antu. The boy probably thought that Xiang Antu was most likely from the same group of culprits who killed his entire family for the Gui Seal, and he wanted to get information about his enemy from Xiang Antu.

Xiao Jinyue told Shen Mudan his guess, and ordered Shen Mudan to withdraw the people who were watching Xiang Antu and Cang Hai, and instead keep an eye on Shi Yiping and Zhao Bingwen.

There is nothing to focus on Shi Yiping. After all, as the Prime Minister of the dynasty, he is more inclined to be the Empress Dowager's sidekick. It is not easy to find any handle on him.

However, Xiao Jinyue did not expect that Zhao Bingwen would be caught in the trap.

Zhao Bingwen was born in a poor family. He used to study in the Imperial Academy, but for some reason he dropped out. After that, he studied hard for many years and finally made a name for himself, and reached the position of Second Prime Minister today.

Zhao Bingwen's family members were very simple. It was said that he had a son and a daughter. However, his son died young after leaving behind a grandson, and his daughter never heard of him again after she got married.

Shen Mudan took some time to dig into Zhao Bingwen's property. Originally, they didn't find the private house hidden by Zhao Bingwen, but Xiao Jinyue had taught them well. Shen Mudan's men specifically looked for houses that were apparently uninhabited. They unexpectedly ran into a man who was wrapped up completely without showing a single piece of skin and had a mask on his face. He went to Zang Hai's house.

Later, they spent some time and finally confirmed that the masked man was most likely the Second Assistant Minister Zhao Bingwen!

Zhao Bingwen, Cang Hai, and Xiang Antu are not important at the moment, but just in case, Xiao Jinyue asked Shen Mudan to investigate Zhao Bingwen carefully, "Find out how old he is to stop wetting the bed!"

Shen Mudan did not feel that she was embarrassed, but responded excitedly.