vrcanaries Chapter 392 Common Enemy
Chapter 392 Common Enemy
"What was that young eunuch who committed suicide doing in the prison?"
Luo Xiaoran thought for a while and asked the guards who came to report the situation.
The Imperial Guards first glanced at Huo Qingyun, and seeing that he had no intention of hiding it from Luo Xiaoran, they replied:
"He is in charge of the food. Everyone in the prison fainted tonight. It must be him who tampered with the food."
"Go verify your speculation." Huo Qingyun ordered, then looked at Luo Xiaoran, "If it is confirmed, the poisoning of your food may also be related to this little eunuch."
"It seems that he is Chen Lingyi's secret agent planted in the prison," Luo Xiaoran nodded, and then asked Huo Qingyun curiously, "Why didn't he drug me?"
Huo Qingyun thought for a moment, "Maybe he tried so hard to poison you last time, but you managed to dodge it, so he lost heart?"
Luo Xiaoran didn't expect that Huo Qingyun had such a dry and humorous side. She couldn't help laughing and finally burst out laughing.
Huo Qingyun also curled up the corners of his mouth. The panic he had felt on the way to the Heavenly Prison finally disappeared at this moment.
While he was extremely worried that something might happen to Luo Xiaoran in the closed prison, he also comforted himself in his heart that Luo Xiaoran was not an ordinary woman and she would definitely be able to find a way to protect herself.
However, what he didn't expect was that Luo Xiaoran was not only not trapped in the fire, but also confronted the assassin who came to cause trouble.
Two assassins, one committed suicide and the other was captured alive.
Luo Xiaoran then began to interrogate the man who was captured alive. How could a man who had just escaped from a fire do such a thing?
Isn't she afraid at all?
Huo Qingyun was confused and surprised, but couldn't help but admire it.
He thought, there might be no woman in this world more peculiar than Luo Xiaoran.
“By the way, that little eunuch was hiding in the water tank in the torture room, and when I went to get some water, he almost succeeded in ambushing me.
If he was afraid that I would find out about the drug, and he happened to know that I could unlock the door, he might have deliberately not drugged me.
Instead, he let me discover the fire myself, and then hid in the water tank in advance, so as to attack me when I went to get water...
He was a really smart man, but unfortunately he committed suicide out of fear of being punished, and there is no evidence, so -
You are very important to me!"
Luo Xiaoran put away the crossbow in her hand and stared at Lan Zheng with burning eyes.
"As long as you help me identify Chen Lingyi, we can discuss body doubles, fake death, etc. I will save your life!"
Lan Zheng was somewhat moved. After thinking for a moment, he slowly spoke:
"Miss Luo is not the Princess of Yan yet, and the Prince of Yan has not yet arrived in Kyoto. It seems that you are unable to protect me."
"What if it's my promise?"
Huo Qingyun's clear voice rang out, and Luo Xiaoran and Lan Zheng looked up at him at the same time.
"What if I promise that your life will be saved?"
Luo Xiaoran frowned, "Master Huo, this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't need to get involved."
Huo Qingyun looked at her gently, "Besides being friends, we also have a common enemy. We have long been 'like-minded'."
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A few days ago, Huo family.
The old master of the Huo family had a stroke and had been bedridden for six years. As time passed, the old man with a crooked mouth and crooked eyes could no longer be associated with the words "elegant and upright".
But in Huo Qingyun's heart, the wise and humorous grandfather will always be there.
After the old head of the Huo family suffered a stroke, old lady Huo began to believe in Buddha, copying scriptures and chanting Buddha's name every day, praying and blessing, and spending most of the day in the Buddhist temple.
Huo Qingyun waved his hand to dismiss the servants who were teaching the old master Huo. When only the grandfather and grandson were left in the room, he knelt beside the bed where the old master Huo slept, just like he did when he was a child.
When he saw Huo Qingyun coming, the old Patriarch Huo's crooked eyes became brighter than usual.
"You...are...here!" he said with difficulty, and tried to stretch out his right hand to touch the top of Huo Qingyun's head.
On his wrist, which was so thin that blue veins were bulging, he wore a string of blessed Buddhist beads, which were the ones that Old Madam Huo asked Huo Qingyun to bring back from Anruo Temple.
Huo Qingyun did not avoid his grandfather's hand as he did when he was young. Instead, he leaned his head towards his grandfather's trembling hand and rubbed it a few times.
When he was young, Huo Qingyun firmly believed that being touched on the head by others was a very disrespectful act for a scholar, even if the person touching his head was his most beloved grandfather.
Now Huo Qingyun firmly believes that only when his grandfather touches his head, his heart, which has been empty for six years because he gave up the imperial examination, can feel something filling it.
“Grandfather, remember the girl I told you about?
She said my hand should be holding a pen, and we had only met twice when she said this.”
The hand that was shaking constantly in my hair suddenly began to shake even more violently.
"Study...books...and...exams."
Huo Qingyun's eyes rarely flashed with fatigue, and he smiled bitterly:
"Grandfather, since I have chosen to abandon literature and take up military service and lead the Imperial Guards, I will not look back.
The Emperor needs a knife. His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan is the knife to repel foreign aggression, and I am the knife to maintain domestic peace. All this started a long time ago and it is destined and cannot be escaped.
In the power game between the emperor and his subjects since Taizu, the power of the subjects has always prevailed. From Taizong, Huizong to the current Emperor Tianqi, they have been determined to regulate the aristocratic families.
The Lin family is powerful, and the Tang family and the Lin family are in cahoots with each other, so neither can be used.
The Jiang family is growing more powerful day by day, and they have always had close ties with the Lin family, so they can't be used.
The Yun family is the maternal family of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. If they take charge of the Imperial Guard, they will be in cahoots with His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. Huizong will never allow such a situation to occur.
So, only the Huo family is left, and it can only be the Huo family.
If my cousin hadn't passed away, after he ascended the throne, I would have been his most effective weapon, helping him monitor the officials and fight against the Lin family.
At that time, the power of the Lin and Huo families will increase and decrease, and the structure of the five major families will change accordingly, at least it will change the situation where the Lin family is the only dominant family.