Chapter 199: Arrival in Annan (Fourth Issue)
"I'm the one who should say sorry."
A woman dressed in a maid came over and Yin Renmin handed her a small medicine bottle. She took the medicine bottle and pulled out the red cloth bottle and stuffed it into her palm, shaking a little medicine powder.
After smearing his face, the maid took off a thin layer of "mask" from her face.
When Jiang Xia was assassinated by Annan Kingdom for the first time, he had already confirmed that there was a traitor beside Li Ruliu. Since he knew, how could Jiang Xia be without any defense?
So he asked Yin Renming to change Li Ruliu's appearance and mix among the maids. At the same time, he selected someone from the maids to dress up as Li Ruliu.
Yin Renming, who was superb in disguise, completed this matter easily, so the person who was killed just now was not Li Ruliu, but a maid beside her.
Li Ruliu looked up at Lisen and asked him calmly: "I ask myself why I betray me?"
Li Sen was so shocked that he couldn't speak before Li Ruliu took off his "human skin mask". Now that he was truly sure that Li Ruliu was not dead, Li Sen was even more frightened.
Seeing that Li Sen didn't say anything, Li Ruliu glanced at the dead maid and said, "You killed Fanghua, do you know that she has always liked you?"
Li Sen's face was slightly moved. He glanced at the maid named "Fanghua". The person who could be chosen to pretend to be Li Ruliu must be a beautiful woman with a good face.
Lisen obviously had something to do with Fanghua. His eyes closed slightly and tears slid out from the corners of his eyes.
Although he did not yell, anyone could feel the pain in his heart at this moment.
Li Ruliu added a sentence at the end: "I don't blame you, because I know that you must be too tired. I was originally going to be betrothed to you. Now that this is the case, I will bury you together."
Li Sen looked at Li Ruliu, his eyes full of emotion. He took a breath and moved his body with difficulty.
Lisen reached out to hold the maid's hand, and then said to Li Ruliu: "Princess, Lisen is sorry for you. Lisen can only advise you one thing, be careful of 'King Guannan'."
Li Ruliu nodded and said to Jiang Xia: "Can you please give him some fun?"
Jiang Xia nodded and saw a cold light flashing by before the beginning.
Lisen's head immediately drooped.
Who else can be there except Qian Juexing, a guy who is so keen on killing?
Jiang Xia glanced at Qian Juexing, and Qian Juexing grinned and said embarrassedly: "Habit, it's just a habit."
Jiang Xia pulled the corner of her mouth, "This habit is really unique."
If you ask Jiangxia what kind of night it is most uncomfortable to spend, then Jiangxia will definitely answer that you are the most uncomfortable to spend this night now.
I believe no one would like to spend the night with the corpses all over the room, but the wind outside the room was cold and it wouldn't work if you didn't stay in such a room.
Finally, it was dawn and the snow stopped. After a whole night of snowfall, thick white snow had already accumulated on the road outside the inn.
Jiang Xia opened the inn door and took a deep breath. The white scenery in front of her made her feel beautiful and refreshing.
A sun rises from the hills to the east. Although the winter sun cannot emit much temperature, it is enough to make people feel warm.
At this moment, it seems that the fight last night has never happened, everything is still so beautiful
Li Ruliu did not break her promise, and she personally arranged for the guards to bury Fanghua and Lisen behind the inn overnight. A small episode that happened was that the guards of Annan actually dug a large pit when they were digging behind the inn, with seven or eight bones in it.
The old man in the inn had already committed suicide by taking poison in the inn kitchen. The so-called good and evil will be rewarded in the end. Such retribution made Jiang Xia and the others sigh and sigh.
The body of the killer in black was moved into the inn by Jiang Xia and the others. Then when leaving the inn, Jiang Xia asked Feng Xiao and Leng Yu to burn the inn with a torch.
On the way, Li Ruliu no longer rode a carriage and chose to ride a horse. This accelerated the speed of everyone a lot.
Jiang Xia and Li Ruliu rode forward together, listening to Li Ruliu telling him about the current situation in Annan Kingdom. Su Meiniang fell tightly behind Jiang Xia, as if she was taking care of her most beloved baby, afraid that others would touch her and move her.
According to Li Ruliu, the current situation in Annan Country is not optimistic.
Because Annan Kingdom had too much contact with the Central Plains, it was almost the same as the Central Plains in the court's official system. It was just as polite as the six ministries of military, official, household, punishment, and work. However, the difference was that Annan Kingdom's Ministry of Rites was the least valued, and the Minister of War held military power and was the leader of all officials in the court.
Furthermore, it is like the Grand Secretary of Wangdian and the Minister of Personnel who can also gather civil servants to compete with the Minister of War and claim to be a force.
Apart from all officials, the one who truly threatens the greatest and has the strongest power is the "Three Kings and One Duke" of Annan Kingdom.
The "three kings" are Guannan, Renxian, Xiaoyao, and "Yigong" is the queen's brother and Duke Annan.
The first three of these four people each have fiefs and military power. They not only have their own regular army, but also have a large number of private troops. The latter is one of the representatives of the largest family in Annan. The wealth resources they hold can be said to be the leader of Annan. They also have many private troops, and their strength cannot be underestimated.
Li Sen's words before his death were clearly stated. The person who sent a killer to assassinate Li Ruliu was King Guannan. Jiang Xia asked about this person's situation. According to what Li Ruliu said, this person can be regarded as the most obvious person in Annan's intention to seize the throne in Annan. He was a relative of the royal family of Annan. He was already a famous general in Annan when he was young and had a high prestige in the army.
Although King Annan later cut off his military power, he had already firmly controlled his "Guannan Army". This army can be said to be one of the strongest combat-capable armies in Annan. The only one who can compete with it is the "Shenglong Army" in Shenglong Mansion.
He holds military power and is a royal family member, no wonder he has such an idea about the throne. Jiang Xia nodded, which can be regarded as expressing his understanding.
In the following days, Jiang Xia and the others never encountered any killers from Annan Kingdom again. Only a few times had met some green forest bandits on a relatively remote road, but there were seven killers in these matters, and there was basically no suspense in the end. No one could kill them, and Qian Juexing shouted boredom all the way.
Jiang Xia and the others chose the nearest route to Annanguo, with roads and rivers crossing. Along the way, Jiang Xia didn't even deliberately remember how long he had walked. Anyway, he felt that he had been walking for a long time.
Fortunately, no matter how far the journey is, there will always be an end. Jiangxia and the others have passed Nanning to Siming County.
Siming County is the place bordering Annan Kingdom, and Jiangxia and the others are finally going to enter Annan Kingdom. Originally, this was a happy thing, but Li Ruliu's words made Jiangxia worry again. She told Jiangxia that entering Annan must first pass the "Juyun Pass" and the general guarding the Juanyun Pass is the king of Guannan.
Chapter completed!