Chapter 447: A Game
The smoke above the head seems to be classic, and Li Chengqi can see it clearly.
Of course, he also knew that Shen Qingluo must be trying to sell his favor by giving him the elixir and helping him regulate his energy, but he didn't know what exactly Shen Qingluo wanted to use this favor for.
I hope it's nothing too troublesome. There are enough troubles now.
The whole thing, on the surface, was just a group of people from the North kidnapping the princess. Due to the blockade of the Yuezhou Kingdom, they had to escape all the way to the Liuzhou Kingdom, intending to board a ship back to the Northland from here.
When they arrived at Luan City, they were overtaken by the Meihua Guard and were blocked in the city, unable to go out. In the end, they were all captured by Liuzhou officials.
But thinking deeper, there are quite a few problems here.
Putting aside what the Northlanders wanted to do with the princess, the whole thing seemed too coincidental when put together.
For example, Sun Wei approached Princess Mingzhu for help, but the princess didn't want to take responsibility, so she was very hesitant. At this time, a eunuch suddenly passed on the emperor's oral instructions, and only gave them to the princess and the princess's guards.
The specifics are unknown, but after hearing the oral instructions, he immediately said that there was no problem.
For another example, the timing of Shen Qingluo's arrival was too coincidental.
It is true that Tianjue Palace is not far from Luan City, but where did Shen Qingshuang know that she went straight to the dyeing workshop?
You know, it only took one afternoon for Li Chengqi to lock the location with a handkerchief and let Luancheng officials search for it.
Even if Shen Qingluo learned the news as soon as possible and rushed over immediately, it was impossible for him to arrive that night.
What's more, no one knew that Shen Qingshuang was there at the time. If she wasn't there, Shen Qingluo certainly wouldn't come.
There is a big problem with timing in this coincidence.
It's like, someone arranged all this.
Not only did he know where these northerners were hiding, he also knew that Shen Qingshuang was there and informed Shen Qingluo.
And you know it several days in advance, or even more days, and then you make a plan and arrange it according to the planned schedule.
To take a step back, even if someone knew in advance where these people from the North were hiding, Shen Qingshuang was originally in the North, using her ability to enter and exit the Central Plains Pass as if for fun. She wanted to run away. Who could have discovered it in advance?
This is not a time when surveillance cameras are everywhere on Earth. Who would be so well-informed?
The first person Li Chengqi suspected was Tang Lianyu. After all, she had said in advance that people who could not be dealt with were coming to Luan City, and people who could be dealt with were on their way, and she asked Yang Yiyi not to interfere.
But Tang Lianyu's words are actually inconsistent.
When she first came to Luan City, Tang Lianyu frantically raised fire, which meant that at that time she only knew that there were Northlanders in Luan City and that the Plum Blossom Guards were chasing them, but she didn't know that Shen Qingshuang was also there.
Later, Yang Yiyi was asked not to go because she knew about Shen Qingshuang's existence. This inconsistency showed that the information she obtained was timely.
If the information we know is not comprehensive, it is naturally impossible to make arrangements in advance.
Besides, how could Tang Lianyu have the ability to persuade Shen Qingluo to come out? Not to mention influencing the Emperor of Liuzhou to give an oral edict to Princess Mingzhu.
So, judging from the information obtained so far, who has this ability?
Very simple, the imperial court, the imperial court of Liuzhou State.
The Meihua Guard is the secret service of the Yuezhou Kingdom. Since the Yuezhou Kingdom owns it, there is no reason why the Liuzhou Kingdom does not have it.
The Plum Blossom Guards chased the Northerners into the Liuzhou Kingdom. The imperial court must have received the news in advance, and someone had even secretly investigated it.
Judging from the timeline of the Northlanders abducting Princess Rousi, the Liuzhou court probably got the news a month ago, and then locked in the group of Northlanders hiding in Luan City. Only Liuzhou State's secret service had the ability to notice in advance that Shen Qingshuang, the 'imperial prisoner', had returned to Liuzhou State.
Combined with the sudden arrival of Shen Qingluo and the oral instructions given to Princess Mingzhu, the Emperor of Liuzhou must be fully aware of it, not only as the mastermind behind it.
If you put it this way, it is a bit intriguing that Princess Mingzhu came to Luan City.
The Emperor of Liuzhou regarded Princess Mingzhu as the real jewel in his eye, and he loved her so much that he was afraid of any accidents.
This kind of real golden girl suddenly said that he wanted to see the Young Heroes Association. You must know that this place is full of unruly Jianghu people. Can the Emperor of Liuzhou really trust the princess to come?
Even if there are Ouchi guards, they must be a little worried.
But the fact is that the Emperor of Liuzhou agreed to let the princess come over to play without saying anything, which surprised both Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping.
Judging from the whole incident, the Northlanders must have kidnapped Princess Rousi in order to coerce the cooperation of the Yuezhou Kingdom. So, when the most favored princess of the Liuzhou Kingdom, Princess Mingzhu, is also in Luan City, will they also want to capture the Pearl? The princess’s idea?
Shen Qingshuang was obviously a latecomer. After all, if he had been among that group of Northerners from the beginning, he would not have been chased by the Plum Blossom Guards from the Yuezhou Kingdom to the Liuzhou Kingdom.
So, why did Shen Qingshuang suddenly appear?
Is it possible that the people in the North learned that Princess Mingzhu was coming to Luan City, but they could not snatch her away from the imperial guards alone, so they sent a message back to ask Shen Qingshuang to come too?
In other words, Princess Mingzhu was used as bait.
This also explains why Shen Qingluo's arrival happened so coincidentally, because it was the emperor of Liuzhou who arranged all this who sent the notice.
After all, although it is used as bait, I don't want anyone to eat the bait.
This way, the timeline makes complete sense.
The Emperor of Liuzhou knew what was happening in Yuezhou in advance, and secretly sent people to investigate where these northerners were hiding.
But he did not directly send people to arrest him, but arranged everything in advance, even prepared it almost a month in advance.
Princess Mingzhu said that she came to Luancheng to visit, maybe it was by chance, but the Emperor of Liuzhou simply followed the trend and made this matter a big deal.
So, what's the benefit?
As the saying goes, you may not be able to do the questions, but the sound of turning the paper must be loud.
It was indeed possible to quietly get rid of the Northlanders and recapture Princess Rousi, but the performance was too relaxed. The Yuezhou Congress was grateful, but they only thought it was a simple effort from the Liuzhou Kingdom.
And if things are made big, causing a fuss and making the trouble known to the world, then the weight is not as simple as the former.
The fact is indeed the case. There are many Jianghu people from all over the world in Luan City, and there is a lot of activity tonight to save people. Wait until tomorrow it will be spread by interested people, and when these group of Jianghu knights return one after another, the whole thing will be spread in the Central Plains. For spreading.
After all, the princess was kidnapped. This kind of thing itself brings its own traffic, and it has been a top trending search for a long time.
It is difficult to explain in a few words what benefits the Yuezhou Congress, which has received such a great favor, will reveal, and what benefits Liuzhou will receive.
And this is the type where you can't be grateful. If other countries look at it and see that you are so ungrateful in Yuezhou, who will associate with you?
What's more, this matter also involves the Northland. The relationship between the Northland court and Fengyun Village involves more than just one or two princesses.
Of course, all this is just speculation at the moment and belongs to the random thoughts in Li Chengqi's mind.
But if this is really the case, then Yang Yiyi is just a little shrimp caught in a stormy sea.
There is much more water inside than what appears on the surface...
(End of chapter)