In the carriage on the way back to the Marquis's Mansion, Feng Qingluan asked anxiously:

"Tell me quickly, have you done anything else that you haven't told me?"

Seeing her anxious look, Xie Jin laughed:

"In fact, I can't guarantee it, so I kept it in mind."

Feng Qingluan pulled his sleeve and shook it:

"Tell me quickly, what exactly is it? Did you expect Liu Ruochu to talk to Emperor Xia Ming alone?"

Xie Jin said: "Do you know why I let Dark Night and Dark Wind follow you?"

"To protect me?"

Xie Jin nodded: "This is the most important reason. Another reason is that they can let Liu Ruochu take away Emperor Xia Ming."

Feng Qingluan was stunned: "You mean these two people saw Liu Ruochu taking Emperor Xia Ming away, pretended not to see it, and deliberately let her succeed?"

Xie Jin said: "That's right, Liu Ruochu has been lurking beside Emperor Xia Ming for such a long time, and he never took action against him. But when he saw you for the second time and left the palace to escape the summer heat in Taihe Palace, he set up several sets of serial schemes to deal with you.

She also used King Jing to hire a hitman to assassinate you. Logically, you have no grudge against her, so there is no need for her to pursue you. The conversation between the two men you heard in the space that day showed that Liu Ruochu was obsessed with catching you in order to threaten me. "

Feng Qingluan listened to his analysis quietly.

"Liu Ruochu is targeting you because she is after me. She knows that the people she brings cannot pose a threat to me, so she wants to capture you to increase her chances of winning. In addition to this method, another method is to use the imperial power, that is, to use Emperor Xia Ming to kill me.

Previously, Liu Ruchu lurked beside Emperor Xia Ming as a concubine, and everything she did was to deal with you, and she actually did almost nothing against Emperor Xia Ming.

She acted too hastily and exposed her purpose early. We also discovered her identity and drove her away from Emperor Xia Ming. So if she wants to continue to kill me, she will most likely find Emperor Xia Ming again in the form of cooperation and reach an agreement with him.

The common target of the two is me, and joining forces is what Liu Ruochu thinks is the most time-saving and effective method. The palace is heavily guarded, and it is very risky for her to enter the palace to negotiate with Emperor Xia Ming, so she can only set up an ambush on the way back to the palace and find an opportunity to take Emperor Xia Ming away to discuss cooperation with him.

According to my speculation, Emperor Xia Ming should have readily agreed to Liu Ruochu's proposal, which also explains why Liu Ruochu mobilized a large number of manpower to rob and kill our teams on both sides, but she herself did not show up.

An Feng has confirmed this speculation to me. When the smoke was rising, he noticed someone approaching the carriage and taking Emperor Xia Ming away."

After listening to Xie Jin's narration, Feng Qingluan couldn't help but think of four big words: Extremely smart!

Xie Jin is so amazing that he can even think of this.

But she had a question:

"Before anything happens, this is just your speculation. What if Liu Ruochu didn't want to take Emperor Xia Ming away for negotiation as you thought, but really took this opportunity to kill him? Wouldn't Emperor Xia Ming be dead?"

Xie Jin's voice became two degrees lower:

"If that's the case, then we'll proceed with the next plan. What I'm most worried about is you. If Liu Ruochu finds out that Emperor Xia Ming is not in the team I'm escorting and finds you, I won't be able to catch up if he takes the opportunity to kill you.

I'll leave Dark Night and Dark Wind to you. If they fight her separately, neither of them is her match. But if they fight together, it won't be easy for Liu Ruochu to deal with them. If Liu Ruochu's target is you this time, Dark Wind will immediately send a signal and join forces with Dark Night to hold Liu Ruochu back until I come.

Obviously, from the current point of view, Liu Ruochu chose to cooperate with Emperor Xia Ming, and the two of them should have reached some kind of plan that would make it easier to get rid of you and me.

Since the final result is the same, Liu Ruochu will not be in a hurry to kill you on the way back to the palace this time. She will wait until she and Emperor Xia Ming have made a plan to annihilate both of us in one fell swoop. This is the solution she wants most."

After listening to Xie Jin's entire train of thought, Feng Qingluan was impressed by Xie Jin's cleverness, but at the same time she felt a little worried:

"What methods will they use to deal with us? Will our situation be very dangerous?"

Emperor Xia Ming wanted to get rid of them from the beginning, and now he encountered a holy woman from the Karen nation who could kill people with just the sound of her piano. The two of them joined forces, and Feng Qingluan couldn't help but worry about the future situation.

Xie Jin said, "When an enemy comes, we will fight him with our own army; when water comes, we will block it with earth. Isn't this the way we always deal with difficulties? And it is not certain that the two people's plan will succeed. On the contrary, it is very likely that we can use their plan to kill the opponent."

Feng Qingluan nodded. Xie Jin would never do anything without certainty.

This time he guessed that Liu Ruochu would talk to Xia Mingdi about cooperation, but he indulged the two of them. This shows that he knew what would happen next. She didn't need to worry too much and just had to follow his pace.

As the carriage moved forward, Feng Qingluan thought of another question:

"Liu Ruochu is the saint of the Karen Nation. Did she go to so much trouble to bring so many assassins to the capital just to avenge your attack on the Karen Nation three years ago? Or is there some other deeper reason?"

Xie Jin lifted the curtain and looked at the street scene slowly passing by outside the window.

"Ten years ago, the Karen State intended to capture Yuancheng, an important frontier fortress in the west of Daxia. Once it was occupied by the Karen State, the other side would be able to directly occupy the ten cities in the north of Daxia that were connected to Yuancheng.

That was my first expedition to the Karen Kingdom. I pushed the enemy forces of the Karen Kingdom back to the border and captured two of their cities. The Karen people held a grudge and made a comeback three years ago. This time, I led the Flame Army and not only pushed them back five kilometers along the border, but I almost attacked their capital.

The one fighting against me this time is Tuoba Gaozhuo, the second prince of the Karen Kingdom. It is said that Tuoba Gaozhuo is highly valued by the Karen Emperor. If he wins the battle against me, he will be named the crown prince.

Unfortunately, he was defeated. The Emperor of Kelun lost his most capable son and hated Daxia and me so much that he repeatedly sent assassins to sneak into the capital to assassinate Emperor Xia Ming and avenge me. "

Listening to Xie Jin's stories about the past of Daxia and the Kingdom of Karen, Feng Qingluan was impressed that the grievances between the two countries were so deep-rooted.

“No wonder the Karen people attacked you so many times. This is the reason.”

Xie Jin said, "That's right. An Feng's informant reported back that Liu Ruochu's real name is Tuoba Qilan. She is the fifth daughter of the Emperor of Kelun and the sister of Tuoba Gaozhuo. She came to kill me with all her strength this time to avenge her brother."

Feng Qingluan suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. Liu Ruochu is so young and yet he uses his beauty to please Emperor Xia Ming. His determination for revenge is really strong."

With such a deep hatred between them, one of Liu Ruochu and Xie Jin must die to break the impasse.

Having said that, Xie Jin said:

"Tuoba Qilan entered the palace as the Fragrant Concubine and killed the Queen of Daxia. Just now in the Yangxin Palace, Emperor Xia Ming issued an order that after the Queen's funeral was dealt with, he wanted me to lead the army again to destroy the Kelun Kingdom.

Even if he didn't say it, I would have the same idea. The assassins from Karen have entered the capital many times to cause trouble. Everyone from the palace to the common people have been persecuted by them. We can't tolerate it any longer. Karen doesn't want to be independent, so it will become a part of Daxia forever and eliminate the trouble forever!"

Of course, before that, he must get rid of Tuoba Qilan before leaving Beijing!

"Going to war?"

Feng Qingluan was shocked. This was something she had never thought of since she traveled through time.

Daxia and the Karen Kingdom went to war, and it was a war of annihilation. She didn't know how many people would be displaced, which shocked and helpless her.

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