Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

"Master, it's me."

After Duan Liuqing stood up, she smiled and looked at Duan Yu as he casually lifted the black bamboo hat he was wearing.

It has been a year since Duan Yu last saw Duan Liuqing.

It has to be said that girls really do change a lot as they grow up.

When I first met Duan Liuqing at Tanhan Mountain, she was only fourteen years old. Now she has grown into a graceful young woman.

Although Duan Liuqing was clearly handsome at that time, he was very thin due to long-term malnutrition.

It now appears to be developing in a direction that is becoming more rounded and smooth.

Whether it's height, figure, or appearance, everything has undergone a dramatic transformation.

"You've grown so tall..." Duan Yu smiled and gestured his height from Duan Liuqing's head to his chest.

“Qing’er has changed, but Master still recognized Qing’er immediately,” Duan Liuqing said sweetly.

Duan Yu smiled.

In Liangzhou today, apart from the more than one hundred children he brought back from Tanhan Mountain, everyone calls him Lord or Lord.

Only Duan Liuqing and the hundred-odd children still called him master.

How could Duan Yu not be able to tell?

Since the establishment of the Liangzhou Military Affairs Office, these more than one hundred children have become the backbone and elite of the office.

Duan Liuqing became the top intelligence officer of the Military Affairs Bureau, after Liu Baitu, and was also the head of the Second Division of the Military Affairs Bureau.

It also oversees all intelligence in Luoyang.

"Let's go, we can talk as we walk. It's been a long time since I've seen you. How are you doing in Luoyang? Are you settling in well?"

As Duan Yu walked forward, he glanced at Duan Liuqing beside him.

Duan Liuqing nodded with a sweet smile, her gaze never leaving Duan Yu.

"Everything is fine, it's just that I can't see my master often."

With her hands behind her back, Duan Liuqing looked like a young girl experiencing her first love.

“Last time, my master was in a hurry and I didn’t have time to see him. My master said that as the intelligence chief of Luoyang, I should not show my face in public.”

Master.

The master Duan Liuqing mentioned was none other than Liu Baitu.

Back when they were with the Xianbei, these children didn't have names.

Duan Yu made them follow Liu Baitu, intending for them to take the surname Liu.

However, these children all added a paragraph before their names.

So the original Liu Qing became Duan Liu Qing.

"I've seen all the intelligence you gathered in Luoyang. For someone your age to have achieved so much is truly remarkable. You are indeed a worthy student of a great teacher," Duan Yu said with a smile.

Hearing the praise made Duan Liuqing even happier.

"My master said that the master's master is the master."

"Master learned all his skills from his master."

"Haha."

Duan Yu smiled.

That's true.

If we really count, he only has one direct disciple, Liu Baitu, since he transmigrated to this point.

He entrusted all his skills in infiltration and assassination to Liu Baitu.

As for the others, he really didn't teach God anything.

"Your master told you to stay out of the public eye, but you couldn't resist coming out today."

Duan Yu's question seemed to be asking a question he already knew the answer to.

The fact that Duan Liuqing came out to see him in person must mean that he had some extremely important intelligence, so important that Duan Liuqing would only feel at ease if he came himself.

However, upon seeing Duan Liuqing and the group of children he had nurtured since childhood, Duan Yu felt unusually relaxed.

From the moment he transmigrated until now, he has been on edge almost every moment.

They're either at war or playing a game of wits with these old foxes.

There is very little time to relax.

The administrative affairs that need to be handled every day.

Even when staying in the inner quarters, one must take care of everyone's feelings.

Such precious moments of relaxation are rare.

"I miss my master, hee hee!"

Duan Liuqing chuckled and moved closer to Duan Yu.

Duan Yu did not reject Duan Liuqing's affectionate gestures and let Duan Liuqing lean on him.

Meanwhile, Tie Shitou and the others behind him consciously kept a certain distance from Duan Yu.

“If you don’t like staying in Luoyang, or if you don’t like this job, you can talk to your master and ask him to transfer you back to Liangzhou,” Duan Yu said.

Duan Liuqing quickly shook her head: "No."

“If I go back to Liangzhou, I won’t be able to do anything. I’ll have to be a maid for my master, and he’ll probably hate me if I’m always around him.”

"I'm doing well in Luoyang. At least I can help my master here. I'll go back to Liangzhou when my master no longer needs me to do this job."

Duan Yu nodded with a smile.

"By the way, Master, I have come to see you because I have some important information."

Duan Liuqing brought the topic back to the main point.

Duan Yu knew that Duan Liuqing must have important information to share, so he didn't interrupt her and let her continue.

"Master, after noon today, the intelligence personnel responsible for monitoring the area around the Southern Palace in Luoyang discovered something."

"In the afternoon, a carriage came out of the Canglong Gate of the Southern Palace in Luoyang, escorted by four eunuchs and more than ten imperial guards disguised as ordinary guards."

"There was another person sitting in the carriage, but we couldn't see their face clearly. However, the intelligence we received indicated that it should be a teenager."

"After the carriage left the Southern Palace, it traveled all the way out of Luoyang."

"After taking turns tracking them, intelligence personnel discovered that these people hid near the White Horse Temple after leaving Luoyang."

A light carriage.

Nangong.

eunuch.

Imperial Guards.

juvenile.

At this time, Nangong should still be under strict defense.

A carriage carrying a boy, along with imperial guards.

This inevitably reminded Duan Yu of someone.

The palace is not outside the palace.

Not everyone can enter.

Even teenagers are the same.

A boy who can live in the royal palace.

There would be no one else besides the prince.

Could it be...?

Liu Bian?

Liu Xie would definitely not leave the palace at this time.

That can only be Liu Bian.

"Moreover, the intelligence personnel discovered another problem: the boy riding in the carriage didn't react at all the way and was completely at the mercy of others," Duan Liuqing said strangely.

hiss!

Duan Yu gasped.

Could it be that... Empress Dowager Dong killed Liu Bian and sent him out of the palace in order to secure Liu Xie's position as crown prince?

It's not impossible that this is the case.

However, the possibility is not very high.

Currently, the only person who can threaten Liu Xie's position as crown prince is Liu Bian.

The idea of ​​deposing the eldest legitimate son and establishing a son of a concubine is somewhat unreasonable.

But Prefect Dong said that this was Liu Hong's oral instruction before he fell into a coma.

No one can verify its exact authenticity.

As expected, the palace maids and eunuchs who served Liu Hong that day had long been silenced by Empress Dowager Dong, and the concubines who served Liu Hong that night were probably all dead.

This is tantamount to the dead having no way to prove anything.

If Liu Hong remains unconscious, then there will be no way to verify the facts.

The idea of ​​deposing the eldest legitimate son and establishing a son of a concubine is unacceptable.

But what if the eldest son is gone?

That's a different matter altogether.

Without Liu Bian, Liu Xie could only be made crown prince, and this was indisputable.

If Empress Dowager Dong had really gone all out, she could have killed Liu Bian.

Of course, this approach will inevitably attract criticism.

It's impossible for the eldest son of the emperor not to cause controversy when he dies at such a time.

There are not many historical records about Empress Dowager Dong.

There are also no records that seem to describe Empress Dowager Dong's personality.

But if it were He Lingsi, she probably would have done something like that.

Then the problem is coming.

If Empress Dowager Dong had simply killed Liu Bian, she wouldn't have needed to send him out of the palace.

It's better to handle it within the palace. Since it's bound to cause controversy anyway, why bother?

If we speculate in this way, then it is very likely that Empress Dowager Dong did not kill Liu Bian, but simply sent him out of the palace to hide him, waiting for everything to settle down, and for Liu Hong to die and Liu Xie to ascend the throne. At that time, even if Liu Bian was still alive, it would be of no use.

After figuring this out, Duan Yu was certain that Empress Dowager Dong intended to hide Liu Bian.

"Can you pinpoint their exact location?" Duan Yu turned to Duan Liuqing and asked.

Duan Liuqing nodded: "Okay."

"Intelligence personnel have been monitoring the area."

"Okay, very well done."

Duan Yu gently patted Duan Liuqing's shoulder and said, "Immediately mobilize all available manpower in Luoyang City to act with me."

If that boy really is Liu Bian, then we must do everything we can to get him under our control.

This will be an absolute trump card!

In critical moments, it could even overthrow the Han Dynasty.