Chapter 496.

Although Dong Qingcheng and the others were knocked off their horses, they did not feel ashamed.

After all, the one who came was Jiang Ran …… not to mention knocking them off their horses, really moving their hearts and minds, directly shocking them to death that was easy.

Now this is simply mercy.

After flying to the ground, then look at Jiang Ran, the expression on his face can not help but be a little happy.

They opened their mouths to greet him.

And compared to them, Guan Changqing’s expression was obviously much more complicated.

He quietly looked at Jiang Ran, then looked at the eldest princess again and said softly:

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you ……”

“That’s right, that’s why Mister Jiang has a lot of things he wants to talk to General Guan about, I wonder if General Guan would be willing to have a casual conversation with Mister Jiang for two or three words?”

Jiang Ran pulled the Princess with one hand and carried one hand behind his back.

The figure rose and fell with the horse’s head.

The horse felt as if there was something on its head that wasn’t too comfortable, and after shaking twice without shaking the ‘thing’ down, it let it be.

Guan Changqing, on the other hand, let out a bitter laugh:

“I’m only afraid that even if I say I don’t want to nowadays, there’s no use, right?”

“It’s good that General Guan knows that ……”

As Jiang Ran’s words came to an end, he heard Dong Qingcheng say:

“Swordsman Jiang, Eldest Princess, are the two of you here from the Green Country? Have you been well?”

Jiang Ran glanced at him, then said to Guan Changqing:

“This is not the place to talk, General Guan, please follow my line.”

As the words fell, he probed his hand and grabbed it, Guan Changqing did not resist, after all, there was no use in resisting, not to mention that he could not tell Jiang Ran to be happier.

So he allowed himself to be held in Jiang Ran’s palm and was carried by him as he flew up.

Dong Qingcheng and others were stunned, Hua Hongjun, the old man, still wanted to go after him.

As a result, they just flew up without taking two steps, and Jiang Ran’s trio had already disappeared.

Helpless to fall, turn around and look again, Dong Qingcheng and other people are standing in place and did not move.

Then he heard Jiang Ran’s voice slowly come out:

“All of you wait a moment, I have important matters to attend to this time, so I will reunite with you later.”

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other.

Important matters?

Taking away Guan Changqing was an important matter?

Hua Hongjun returned to the crowd and couldn’t help but ask:

“Why aren’t you guys chasing after him?”

Li Xiuwu rolled his eyes a good deal:

“Who do you think you are chasing? With our martial arts skills, do you want to catch up with him?

“I advise you to save your strength ……”

Only then did Hua Hongjun nod, feeling that it made sense.

Looking at Zhao Ansheng and Dong Qingcheng again, he found that both of them were silent, not knowing what they were thinking ……

……

……

Jiang Ran took the Eldest Princess and Guan Changqing with him and swept along, and in the blink of an eye, he was out of the range of the military formation.

Arriving on top of a hillside.

Standing on the hillside, the army wrapped in majestic momentum could be seen from afar.

Jiang Ran put Guan Changqing down and stood opposite him with the Princess.

Guan Changqing first glanced at Jiang Ran, after which he knelt down on one knee:

“Guan Changqing sees the Eldest Princess.”

“Don’t dare to.”

The Eldest Princess spoke in a deep voice:

“What virtue or ability does this palace have that warrants this kneeling by Great General Guan?

“Thanks to Great General Guan, this palace almost folded in the Qing Guo …… On this matter, this palace has not yet thanked you.”

Guan Changqing nodded gently at his words:

“This matter is indeed a matter of the microcosmic minister not being able to apologize to your highness, it is only natural that your highness blames the microcosmic minister in your heart.”

“Then don’t you have anything you want to explain?”

The Eldest Princess’ face sank slightly:

“Why exactly did you do this?”

“I have been ordered by the emperor and eat the emperor’s food, so I should share the king’s worries.

“His Majesty’s decree cannot be disrespected!”

Guan Changqing slowly bowed down as he spoke:

“It’s just that this has put the Eldest Princess in danger, the offense is punishable by death, please forgive the Eldest Princess!”

“Ridiculous!”

The eldest princess was furious:

“Brother knows why I’m here, he has always sought stability, never military danger, the heart is loaded with the people of the world, want nothing more than a world of peace and happiness.

“In he knew that the country away from the tiger eyeing, green country soldiers under the circumstances, how will suddenly under such a decree?”

“Because the Zhaoyu Kingdom has held the Li Kingdom in check.

“Her Highness’s entry into the Qing Kingdom has caused the Qing Kingdom to let down its guard.

“This will be the best opportunity in fifty years!”

Guan Changqing said in a deep voice:

“The Princess should know that His Majesty seeks stability and would never act like this if he wasn’t absolutely certain.

“He tried every possible means to have Jiang Warrior escort His Highness and protect His Highness’ safety, formally convinced that with him around, no matter what happened, nothing would happen to His Highness.

“This is why he dared to take a risky action, now that I, Golden Cicada, have penetrated into the territory of the Qing Kingdom, and have conquered three cities in a row, and a large army has gathered within the city of Jade Stream.

“Within the royal capital of the Qing Kingdom, Jiang Warrior killed the Qing Emperor, now the entire Qing Kingdom is leaderless, the people are disorganized, the people are on edge, it is the great opportunity of a lifetime.

“For my Golden Cicada, open up the border and build up a career!!!”

The eldest princess listened to Guan Changqing’s words like this, and even though she was unwilling to believe it, she felt that it was not unreasonable.

It was just that she had heard with her own ears that it was her imperial brother who had decreed that this war must be waged without regard for her own safety and well-being.

He himself had also foolishly gone to the Qing Kingdom’s palace, wanting to investigate the situation of the old Qing Emperor and the Qing Emperor.

Still wondering whether the imperial brother who is far away in the capital is still well today ……

The more I thought about it, the more I felt my heart was stuffy.

There was some breathlessness.

A palm pressed on the back of her heart, and internal energy was slowly transmitted into it.

Only then did the Eldest Princess take a deep breath, feeling that the dizziness in her mind had been relieved quite a bit.

She turned her head to look at Jiang Ran, who gently nodded at her.

Only then did she take a deep breath, followed by a spontaneous smile.

Princess Shan Yu Cicada, is not an ordinary child, she is the princess of the heavenly family, since young, accustomed to seeing the world of deceit.

She was capable of writing and martial arts, and was talented.

Although this truth made it a little difficult for her to accept for a moment, after this breath of relief, her mind cleared up a lot.

She said in a deep voice:

“Imperial brother gave the order for you to attack the Green Country ……

“Wanting to use me to divert the attention of the Qing Kingdom.

“And have Jiang Ran to protect my safety …… If this is all true, why didn’t he tell me in advance?

“Is it because he is worried that this palace is running away from the battlefield and is not willing to take this risk?

“Or is it that things are urgent …… The news of the confrontation between the Zhaosu and the Li States came too far, and he improvised, but was too late to inform this palace?

“However, you in a short period of time, consecutively captured three cities, this is by no means a momentary move to start the idea can be done.

“Even if you use war to feed the war, how can you afford to feed such a large army with your food and provisions?

“If you want to do this, I’m afraid that in advance for a long time, there have been grain and grass hoarded …… Huang brother, he could have already known, away from the country and the Zhaosu country, will start the strife between?

“But how can he know this?

“If he knew …… then why would he let me go to the Green Country?

“Even for the sake of accomplishing this plan, there is no reason not to make it clear to me.

“He should know that this palace is by no means a timid and fearful person.

“Born in the royal family, I should plan for the world, for the people, for the kingdom ……

“There is too much to say in this.

“Guan Changqing, this palace asks you, is what you received really the holy decree passed down by my royal brother?”

Jiang Ran finally slowly nodded his head when he heard her say this, a hint of a smile spreading at the corner of his mouth.

Guan Changqing froze:

“Your Highness, what does this mean?”

The eldest princess said in a deep voice:

“If it was done by my royal brother, this makes no sense at all.

“If he had known that the Li Kingdom and the Zha Kingdom were going to war, how would I, Golden Cicada, have been afraid of the Qing Kingdom?

“The big deal is, a silver or two a head for him to go to war.

“You will then realize that above the entire battlefield, there is no need for us to use a single soldier at all!”

She reached out and pointed at Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran’s smile that had just flared up suddenly disappeared, and the corners of his mouth pressed down as he thought for a moment and said:

“At least ten taels.”

The eldest princess glared at once:

“Black or not, you?”

“Gold!”

“Why don’t you just go rob the treasury!!!”

The eldest princess couldn’t help but roar.

The corner of Jiang Ran’s mouth, which he had just suppressed, suddenly curled up again:

“Robbing the national treasury, how can it be this fast?”

The eldest princess was speechless for a moment, then continued:

“In a nutshell, if there is no Lei Guo to hold back the enemy, and fall into a situation where we are attacked from the back.

“Simply just dealing with a Green Country, we have plenty of ways to deal with it, there is no need to act like this.

“This is also by no means the imperial brother’s style of acting ……

“There is a problem here.

“Where is the holy decree that imperial brother gave you?”

“Jade Stream City General’s Mansion.”

Guan Changqing frowned:

“Is the Eldest Princess thinking that someone is falsely passing on the imperial decree?”

“No.”

Jiang Ran suddenly spoke:

“It’s not simply a fake transmission of an imperial decree. ……”

The eldest princess looked toward Jiang Ran:

“Finally opening your mouth? This palace’s thoughts are in disarray, you help me organize them.”

“…… Lazy just say it straight.”

Jiang Ran was speechless:

“You are more and more slack nowadays, where did all the heartiness of calculating me at that time go?

“Today if it is not the matter involves your brother …… only afraid you are still not willing to move your brain.”

“…… have you in, why this trouble?”

The eldest princess looked at Jiang Ran:

“After all, I’ve had enough of this eldest princess, and if there’s nothing on my imperial brother’s side, I’d like to follow you around the world.”

“Then before you leave, can you make a trip to the treasury and take some silver to pay for your meals?”

“…… You still want to rob the treasury!!!”

The Princess gritted her teeth, feeling that this was out of the national treasury.

Jiang Ran laughed and gently patted the Eldest Princess’s hand before saying:

“General Guan, Jiang asked you something ……”

“…… Jiang warrior please say.”

“Where did this outburst in front of us come from?”

“This place is close to Jade Stream City, so naturally it’s all within the scope of the scouts’ probes,” he said.

“Jiang Warrior wouldn’t think that Mister Guan is marching, being lurked by a group of jianghu people at his doorstep, and is still clueless, right?”

“No.”

Jiang Ran shook his head:

“If it was an ordinary jianghu person, you would definitely be able to know.

“But there are so many experts among them, and everyone is in disguise, so your scouts, not to mention getting close to probe, even if they were to watch from afar, they would still be able to find traces.

“But it turned out to be …… the people here, to your arrival completely ignorant, without the slightest preparation.

“Dare I ask General Guan, who is this scout of yours? To be able to elude such an expert as the Headmaster of the Xuanji Academy and the Lord of Mountain Beyond Mountain, Yue Tingxuan, and to probe the situation here clearly and distinctly.

“And at a most opportune time, allowing you to mobilize a large army, unknowingly pressing in with a large army?”

“This ……”

Guan Changqing frowned slightly, but for a moment he didn’t know how to plead his case.

“It seems that General Guan doesn’t know how to explain this, but I’ve thought of an explanation now, how about saying it so that General Guan can savor it and see if I’m right or wrong?”

Jiang Ran stood with his hands behind his back and spoke slowly:

“General Guan was able to know the situation here without any scouts at all.

“Simply because the person who plotted this out in front of you, has long ago told you the situation here, in its original form, one by one.

“And instructed you, hands on time is at what time.

“This person not only plotted this out in front of me, he was even able to roughly predict the time it would take for me to kill all those experts of the Green Country.

“In this way, the party will be able to give us time to organize our team and leave this place when you are about to arrive.

“General Guan, what do you think of this guess of mine?”

“…… What does Jiang Warrior mean by that?

“Taking a step back, even if everything here really isn’t scouted by the scouts, what’s the big deal if someone in the rivers and lakes of the Qing Kingdom is willing to abandon their darkness and secretly come to inform on this matter?

“Inside this Anning Town, there are so many people and so many eyes, and there are so many good people from all walks of life, how can the news be blocked tightly?”

Guan Changqing frowned:

“This shouldn’t be considered a big deal, right?”

“It really isn’t a big deal …… it’s just that some things are too coincidental.”

Jiang Ran said:

“General Guan is so well-informed, since he knows that I killed the Qing Emperor in the middle of the Qing Kingdom’s palace.

“Then you should also know that my identity as the young reverend of this Demon Sect has been coaxed into spreading the word in the Jianghu.

“The jianghu people of the Qing Kingdom and Autumn Leaves all want to kill me afterward.

“Therefore, Autumn Leaf’s people aside, the Greenland jianghu people almost all coalesced in this peaceful town.

“At this very moment, General Guan’s army presses …… to wipe them out.

“Since then, the green country no jianghu!

“The only remaining people with martial arts skills are unable to make any waves at all.

“First, the emperor of the Green Country was killed, followed by the disintegration of the jianghu of the Green Country, a large Green Country, in an instant, lost the head of the court, the jianghu of the weapon.

“Facing the Golden Cicada or facing the Autumn Leaves, there is no longer any ability to resist.

“General Guan thinks that this is just coincidence?”

“…… If it’s not a coincidence, then what could it be?”

Guan Changqing’s face suddenly became extremely calm.

Jiang Ran glanced at the Elder Princess, then said:

“Earlier, you asked me to help you organize and tidy up.

“Then let’s organize it now.

“Let’s first assume that the chaos in the Li Kingdom and the Zha Kingdom is indeed unknown to your imperial brother.

“Our earlier decision to go to the Royal Capital of the Qing Kingdom to explain the reason for this is the most reasonable plan.

“Then what kind of person would make General Guan secretly stockpile grain and grass so that he can prepare for sending troops to the Qing Kingdom?”

Guan Changqing coldly glanced at Jiang Ran and did not say anything.

Instead, the eldest princess said:

“You continue.”

“Let’s talk about the conflict between the Zhaosu and Li States again.

“There was originally no conflict between these two countries.

“Then what was the reason for the sudden clash of arms?

“Because Bai Yulou killed Eastern Marquis Chang Huaijin of the Zhaosu Kingdom!?”

Jiang Ran said with a smile:

“Isn’t this all very familiar?

“That person who told General Guan to stockpile grain and grass ahead of time to prepare for the attack on the Qing Kingdom was even more anticipating of the enemy, knowing that it would come to such a pass.

“If you were to say that there is no relationship between the two, I’m afraid that Jiang would only be unable to believe it for a million years.

“And the person who can do such a thing.

“When Jiang Mou thinks about it, it’s only the Heavenly Que.

“They’ve been working on the Five Kingdoms Rebellion.

“They can frame the Eldest Princess for killing the young prince of the Green Kingdom, so why can’t they frame Bai Yulou for killing Eastern Marquis Chang Huaijin?

“They have long been plotting the struggle between the Li Kingdom and the Zha Kingdom, so they had General Guan stockpile grain and grass in advance in preparation for an attack on the Qing Kingdom.

“Only, just as the eldest princess said ……

“Without the support of the imperial court, these provisions are only not enough for General Guan to get out as far as he can.

“Even if we use the battle to raise the war, we will only be able to conquer three cities in a row.

“Jade Stream City to cantonment, I’m afraid it is not what General Guan wants, but has to do.

“But there is no harm …… Heavenly Que was not meant for the Golden Cicada to destroy the Qing Kingdom, and now the peace and quiet of the town for a while, eradicating the power of the Qing Kingdom’s rivers and lakes, and because of the fact that my father killed the Qing Emperor.

“The Green Country has become the biggest piece of fat meat under this sky.

“Even the Li State and the Zhao State, in the face of such a large piece of fat meat, will not turn a blind eye.

“The chaos in the world has been completely set ……”

In fact, since Jiang Ran had killed Emperor Qing, the chaos in the world had already been set.

Now it was nothing more than adding another slash, so that there wasn’t any room to turn it all around.

Other than that, Jiang Ran felt that they had another intention, but just why, Jiang Ran couldn’t figure it out yet for a while.

Thinking of this, he looked at Guan Changqing:

“Let me ask you, what kind of relationship do you have with Heavenly Que?

“At that time, were you actually imprisoned in the Tiger Wei Pass, or was it that you were originally the one who presided over everything within the Tiger Wei Pass?

“The imperial decree given by the Son of Heaven, is it true or false?

“Nowadays, within the capital, who is the one presiding over the situation?”

Guan Changqing looked at Jiang Ran and suddenly laughed out loud:

“Jiang Ran …… around is that you are smart and resourceful, I’m afraid that you can’t figure out the key in this.

“You’re right, the one who made me do all of this is none other than Heavenly Que,” he said.

“I have also long been cooperating with the Heavenly Que ……”

“Oh?”

Jiang Ran frowned slightly, Guan Changqing confessed too quickly.

Although Jiang Ran felt that everything he said was logical, he hadn’t thought that Guan Changqing would directly admit it.

He had thought that he would directly bring him to Jade Stream City and look for Tang Yuyi to cast a heart demonic thought.

At that time, he would naturally explain things in their original form.

But now, he had directly admitted it?

“What the hell is this for?”

The Eldest Princess couldn’t help but shout angrily:

“As my Golden Cicada General, why are you in cahoots with Heavenly Que?”

Guan Changqing, however, was laughing, only as he laughed, Jiang Ran suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Abruptly, he stepped forward and clasped Guan Changqing’s wrist, followed by a heavy face:

“You already took the poison before this?

“Where is the antidote?”

While saying this, he took out the antidote pill from his pocket and forced it into Guan Changqing’s mouth.

For her part, the eldest princess hurriedly asked Jiang Ran:

“Can’t you cure it?”

She remembered that although Jiang Ran’s medical skills were mediocre, he was very good at targeting poisons.

Jiang Ran shook his head, it wasn’t that he couldn’t solve it, it was just too late ……

Guan Changqing then laughed:

“Jiang warrior naturally has the ability to be able to cure the poison …… However, even if he is an immortal, if he wants to cure the poison, he still needs time.

“Right now he doesn’t have such time.”

At this point in his speech, he raised his head to gaze at the distant army and suddenly laughed out loud:

“The way of heaven is vast, the way of the world is pale, the red dust is like silk, ferry me ……”

Without saying the last two words, he had completely died of gas.