The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

"Put him up, I have something to ask him."

After Qi Lingheng came in, a secret guard lit a brazier in the cellar.

The red fire emitted a warm glow, and Nalan Jinlu, who was tied to a wooden frame, wanted to touch the red flame.

But at this time he was tied up and could not be touched at all.

"Ha, ha ha ha... I didn't expect that Prince Qi would know this kind of torture method. I treated you with courtesy in the beginning." Nalan Jinlu turned his neck to the side and looked at Qi Lingheng with a smile on his face.

"I didn't torture you. I just helped you move your body." Qi Lingheng picked up the iron rod next to the brazier and stirred the charcoal in the brazier.

There was a crackling sound among the charcoal, and sparks shot up and then went out in an instant.

For a moment, the room was silent and no one spoke, only the sound of Qi Lingheng stirring the charcoal made some noise.

The end of the iron rod that touched the fire was already burned red.

"What agreement did you reach with the eldest prince of Dayong?" Qi Lingheng looked up at Nalan Jinlu casually.

"What eldest prince? I haven't even seen him. Besides, I hate the people of Dayong so much. How can I possibly cooperate with them?" Nalan Jinlu looked at the brazier. The red flames were reflected in his eyes, flickering constantly.

"This jade token I found on you belongs to the eldest prince. I had the honor of seeing it in Kyoto."

Qi Lingheng put down the iron rod in his hand and held up a white jade square plate in his hand. A five-clawed dragon was engraved in the green part in the middle.

This is a dragon-patterned pendant unique to the Dayong royal family, and every royal man has one.

However, the dragon on the emperor's pendant is topaz, while the dragons on the other princes' or princes' pendants are blue.

There was a circle engraved on the other side of the jade pendant, with the word "Sheng" in the middle. This was the name of Prince Sheng, the eldest prince of Dayong.

"This is what I picked up. How come it belongs to the prince? That's a coincidence. It seems I have good luck."

"Then you are really lucky. With this jade pendant, your conspiracy with the eldest prince can be confirmed. It doesn't matter if you don't say it. I have thought about it for you." Qi Lingheng put away the jade pendant and looked at Nalan Jinlu again. The other's face seemed to be a lot rosier under the light of the fire.

"You are slandering me. You Dayong people are cunning and are trying to accuse me. I will not admit it when I see the Emperor of Dayong."

"It doesn't matter. I'll report what I have to say truthfully." Qi Lingheng warmed his palms on the brazier and said to the secret guard behind him, "It's really hot in this room with the brazier lit. Let's leave."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the cellar entrance.

"You all in Dayong are useless. When the snow on the snow-capped mountains melts next year, the cavalry from the northern border will trample this place flat..."

Qi Lingheng walked out of the cellar without any hesitation.

He came here just to see Nalan Jinlu's reaction.

As he thought, the one who had private dealings with Nalan Jinlu was the eldest prince.

The eldest prince set up this scheme to consolidate his position in the heart of Emperor Dayong.

He also wanted to gain a good reputation in the court so as to recruit more talented people to work for him.

It was a pity that he didn't even realize how blind he was in his previous life. He actually assisted the man who killed his father to sit on the throne, and finally sent himself to that man's knife and became a ghost.

In this life, he will not go back to the same path. As for the eldest prince, he will make him pay for the millions of lives he owed to the Qi family in his previous life.

A few days later, Baiyue City did not wait for Nalan Jinlu to return, but instead waited for Dingbei Hou who came with the Qi family cavalry.

The gate of Baiyue City was broken open by the Qi family's secret guards who had been lurking in.

The moment the Qi family army entered the city, the secret guards waiting in Baiyue City cooperated and killed all the people from Northern Xinjiang who had already been identified.

At this moment, Marquis Dingbei took back Baiyue City without losing a single soldier.

In the following days, Marquis Dingbei eliminated the Dayong traitors in Baiyue City and reorganized the Dayong soldiers who were unaware of the truth.

......

Dayong Kyoto.

The atmosphere in the Golden Palace at this time was extremely depressing.

Urgent news just came from the northern border.

Marquis Dingbei, who had been missing for more than a month, unexpectedly appeared at the northern border with the Qi family army. He quickly recaptured the border cities and killed all the villains who had entered Dayong from the northern border.

He even captured alive Nalan Jinlu of the Nalan clan in the northern border. Soon, Marquis Dingbei will return to Kyoto with the Qi family army and the captured Nalan Jinlu.

Emperor Jing of Yong had just thrown this urgent report at the feet of the eldest prince who was closest to him in the hall.

"Look, didn't you say that you had already recovered the border cities? Then what does this urgent report say?" Emperor Jing was furious.

His eyes were full of disappointment as he looked at the eldest prince.

He had been previously bewitched by the eldest prince's party and had convicted Marquis Dingbei of treason and treason, and then raided Marquis Dingbei's mansion.

Now, Marquis Dingbei has returned with the Qi family army and captured the people of the Nalan tribe alive and brought them back to the capital.

How could he face the court officials below? I guess those censors would force him to write a letter of apology!

"Father, please calm down!" The eldest prince did not look at the memorial under his feet. He knew best what was happening on the northern border.

He didn't expect that the useless Nalan Jinlu was actually captured alive by Marquis Dingbei.

This was different from what he expected.

The eldest prince knelt down and said to Emperor Jing, "I went to the northern border before and defeated the bandits there. Maybe, maybe these people came to the border again after I left..."

The eldest prince spoke very quickly, as if he was eager to defend himself.

But which court official would believe what he said in the hall?

It is still winter now, and the mountains on the northern border are blocked by heavy snow. Unless the people of northern Xinjiang grow wings and fly over,

Some people who originally wanted to join the eldest prince's faction couldn't help but feel fortunate that they had not yet expressed their stance.

And those court officials who had already joined the eldest prince's faction were now regretting why they had been so eager to express their intentions when the eldest prince returned to the court.

Now they can only find a way to quickly break away from the eldest prince's faction.

If you can't get away from it, you have to help the eldest prince find a way to calm this matter down.

......

Back in the capital, the emperor was still trying to figure out with his court officials how to compensate the Dingbei Marquisate.

Here at the northern border, Marquis Dingbei had indeed returned to the capital with the captured Nalan Jinlu and the heads of the northern people.

If we only bring Nalan Jinlu back with us, I'm afraid the eldest prince and his group in the capital will try to make excuses.

So Su Tang suggested cutting off the heads of those people from the northern border and taking them all back.

Anyway, it is winter in Dayong now, so there is no need to worry about these heads rotting. We can just find some ice to keep them cool.

Now that all matters on the northern border have been dealt with, Su Tang also wants to return to Dahe Village.

She wants to go back and celebrate the New Year with the Su family.

"Why don't you go back with Marquis Dingbei?" Su Tang glanced at Qi Lingheng beside her.