There was nowhere to sit in the room, Duan Ling looked around and had to stand and look at Lang Junxia, ​​his heart full of complex feelings. Lang Junxia raised his head and looked at Duan Ling. His hair was distracted, but his eyes were still as clear as before.

The questions that day have not been finished, but Duan Ling no longer wants to continue.

From Lang Junxia's words, he learned a rough idea - he supported Cai Yan to take office, and Cai Yan agreed to wait for the opportunity and then devoted his efforts to help him.

"Cai Yan and you, what are the exchange conditions?" Duan Ling finally asked this.

Lang Junxia replied: "With your intelligence, can't you guess?"

"Help the Uluohou family restore the country, right?" Duan Ling asked.

Lang Junxia accused Duan Ling of speculation.

"You..." Duan Ling closed his eyes, as if he couldn't bear to say something else, "You have nothing else to say, do you want to say to me?"

"I've said everything I should say." Lang Junxia replied, "When are you going to execute me?"

Duan Ling opened his eyes and looked at Lang Junxia.

"You are the testimony for me." Duan Ling said, "In front of all civil and military officials, everyone in the Great Chen court, in front of the people of the world, I will forgive you for your sins."

"If you do this, it would be too unfair to others if you forgive me for your sins." Lang Junxia smiled slightly and replied, "You'd better kill me."

Duan Ling sighed and said, "You don't want to help me."

Lang Junxia thought for a while and replied, "No."

"Why?" Duan Ling asked with a frown.

Lang Junxia did not answer, Duan Ling said: "You can't survive anymore, Wu Du will not let you go. Even if you die and you will be in the underworld, you will have to face my father's anger."

Lang Junxia was silent for a moment, Duan Ling's tone became very calm, and he said, "You hate us, don't you? You hate the Han people, the Dachen court, and Cai Yan also hates us, so you hope that this country will never have peace."

Lang Junxia still didn't say anything.

"I'll ask you again, this is your last chance." Duan Ling said, "to prove me."

After a long time, Lang Junxia shook his head slowly.

"Zheng Yan already knows it." Duan Ling said, "My fourth uncle has been suspicious and he will take me back to the court soon."

When he heard this, Lang Junxia's brows frowned slightly.

"That's great." Lang Junxia replied softly, "Congratulations, I knew there would be such a day."

Duan Ling was so angry that it was the first time in his life that he had encountered such a person who was indifferent to the salt. He didn't even feel that Lang Junxia was so difficult to deal with.

"So, I..." Duan Ling sighed.

"You are here to make me live." Lang Junxia smiled, "You are a kind-hearted child. Even if things are foregone conclusion, I hope to give me a last chance to convince yourself not to kill me."

"But you failed our friendship." Duan Ling turned around, sighed, and pushed the door and left.

"How is it?" Wu Du stood in the yard and waited for Duan Ling.

Duan Ling replied helplessly, "There is no way, where are you going?"

Duan Ling found Wu Du was wearing an assassin's outfit inside, a fur coat and windbreaker wrapped around his head, gloves, and a scarf around his neck.

"Go out." Wu Du adjusted his gloves and replied, "I have talked to Zheng Yan. I feel that there are at least three teams of people coming out of the film team this time. Mr. Fei suggested that I kill them as soon as possible, otherwise I will not even sleep well."

"How long will it take?" Duan Ling asked.

"Soon soon." Wu Du replied, "I will definitely return to you before the twelfth lunar month. When I am away, Zheng Yan will be responsible for protecting you. I have told Mr. Fei Hongde about these things."

"Where can I find someone?" Duan Ling asked again.

"You don't have to worry about this." Wu Du smiled evilly and replied, "It's okay to re-engage in his old career and find dozens of people."

After Wu Du packed up his equipment, he bowed and kissed Duan Ling. Duan Ling took him outside the mansion and watched him ride away on the sky.

When Wu Du left, Duan Ling felt a little empty. When he walked into the hall, Fei Hongde and Zheng Yan were sitting opposite each other and chatting. When they saw Duan Ling coming, they stood up and saluted.

"Please don't be polite." Duan Ling smiled a little restrainedly. He still did not fully accept this situation - his original friends became ministers all at once.

"The necessary etiquette must be given." Fei Hongde said, "Otherwise, there is no way to control all the ministers, and they will raise white people with rice, and they will know people's face but not their hearts. This is exactly the case."

"But I am not the king of a country either." Duan Ling smiled helplessly.

"Most of the etiquette of the crown prince is equivalent to that of His Majesty." Fei Hongde said, "The Han people have been like this since ancient times, right?"

Duan Ling had no choice but to say: "Sir, I have to teach you a lesson."

Fei Hongde and Zheng Yancai saluted Duan Ling again. Duan Ling sat on the couch and sighed. He was also a scholar and knew the importance of the crown prince. The emperor in the royal family was unwilling to give in and was an example of the world, and the country operated under his supervision. After the crown prince became an adult, he had great power. When the crown prince personally led the army, he was supervised by the crown prince, and there were East Palace and his advisers. Most of the time, the crown prince had to take charge of nearly half of the state affairs.

When Li Jianhong was still there, he said more than once that he could only fight wars and not be an emperor. After taking his son back to the south, he still fought everywhere and handed over the country to Duan Ling for governance.

Learning politics, studying, understanding the people's sentiments, and being familiar with military affairs are all compulsory lessons for the prince of the Eastern Palace. However, Duan Ling never expected that he would have completed all his studies in such a displaced way.

After a day passed, Zheng Yan did not dare to joke with him after confirming his identity. Duan Ling gradually got used to it, just like a court discussion, one civil and one military officer, and his right arm.

Fei Hongde was helping him see the plans near Yecheng and approve the budget for the coming year. Soon after, the information from the messenger came, and Yelu Zongzhen had arrived in Tongguan and successfully left the customs and returned to Zhongjing.

"What do you think of the two?" Duan Ling showed the letter to Fei Hongde and Zheng Yan.

"There will be no more war within three years." Fei Hongde said, "but Han Weiyong's power is deeply rooted in Liao. It may take some time to remove him. In the next year, don't expect Zong Zhen to help us."

Zheng Yan replied: "There are not many martial arts factions in Liao, and Yelu Zongzhen has the Hu Benwei who is with him. In recent years, the prison has held military power, so there should not be too many troubles."

Duan Ling thought it was true that Yelu Zongzhen, Yelu Dashi and others all attached great importance to military power. Since the establishment of the Yelu family, military power has always been in the hands of the royal family. Han Weiyong did not dare to mobilize the Liao army to kill Zongzhen this time, so he could only secretly ask the Yuan army to assist in the attack.

"Yes." Duan Ling said, "Then I... probably understand."

Fei Hongde raised his eyebrows, as if he was still waiting for Duan Ling's question. When Duan Ling saw both of them looking at him, he asked strangely: "What?"

Zheng Yan laughed, and Fei Hongde would also smile. Zheng Yan said, "Your Highness will not ask that."

"How do you ask?" Duan Ling said in a daze.

Fei Hongde quipped: "I thought you wanted to hear the conclusion."

"Conclusion? No, no." Duan Ling has always had his own judgment and replied, "I only have the process, and I will have the conclusion myself."

"The biggest difference between Your Highness and the current Eastern Palace is here." Zheng Yan said, "When I first recognized him, I always felt that it was a little worse. After thinking about it carefully, this is the reason."

Fei Hongde said: "A scholar in the Cai family is good at learning. Strategy and decision-making are not their strengths and are easily confined to dogma."

"Actually, I have never regarded Cai Yan as an opponent." Duan Ling said casually and sighed: "This matter will be resolved sooner or later. What I am worried about is that there is someone else."

Duan Ling did not say who the other person was, but Fei Hongde and Zheng Yan were both aware of it. What they were worried about was nothing more than the Mu family. There was a dangerous balance between Li Yanqiu and Mu Kuangda. Perhaps Yao Fu knew this, so he sent Zheng Yan to Li Yanqiu.

Cai Yan could not play a decisive role. As long as Duan Ling returned to the court, the balance of power would tilt towards the royal family, and Mu Kuangda would have to gather his plans and re-arrange his strategies.

While Duan Ling was thinking, Wang Zhen knocked on the door outside.

"What?" Duan Ling asked.

"Sir." Wang Zhen said uneasy, "You'd better go to the city gate to take a look."

Duan Ling frowned, was the Yuan army coming again?

"I'll accompany you." Zheng Yan stood up and said.

"Go together," said Fei Hongde, "It's just the activity."

Zheng Yan was like Wu Du in the past, very careful and let Duan Ling ride a horse with him. Duan Ling repeatedly said that it was okay, don’t worry, Wu Du has gone out, there will be no danger. Zheng Yancai said: "I will never touch you."

"I know." Duan Ling replied with a laugh and cry, "Don't worry, I can also learn martial arts. I have never seen anything happen to me along the way."

Zheng Yan had no choice but to give up. The three of them came down from the guards to the city gate. There were scattered snow in the world, and there were crowds of people outside the city gate.

"Where is the lieutenant?" The general sent someone to try to block the refugees at the city gate from approaching and shouted, "Go and ask the lieutenant!"

Duan Ling said in surprise: "What's going on? Where did it come from?"

"All of them are refugees from the north!" the general replied, "Prince, what should I do?"

Duan Ling's brows were deeply locked, and there was a mess outside, and there were screams. It must have been the city defense force that threatened it with a knife.

"Everyone retreated!" someone shouted, "Otherwise, there will be no mercy to kill!"

With that shout, everyone was quiet and hurriedly stepped back.

"Don't go out," said Zheng Yan, "in case something is wrong."

Duan Ling knew that Zheng Yan was afraid that the people from the Shadow Team would mingle among the refugees and assassinate him, so he nodded and ordered: "Send people out, provide porridge and relief, and strictly check the people bit by bit, and slowly put them in. Wang Jian, you personally send someone to keep an eye on him. If the city guards accept bribes, they will not be sheltered."

After Wang Jin received the order, Duan Ling ordered two generals to come up and told them that Wu Du had gone out of the city to do business, but he should not make any statement.

"My lord decided to take over?" asked the general.

"How did it be done in previous years?" Duan Ling said.

The general replied: "In previous years, only one or two thousand were collected, and all the strong men were selected. The rest of them asked them to go south, some went to Huaiyin and some entered Jiangnan. What is going on after leaving is unknown."

"Try to collect everything." Duan Ling replied.

Anyway, Zong Zhen gave 20,000 stones of grain and enough firewood, so there would be no problem spending this winter. Duan Ling said to Fei Hongde again: "I'll help me to find a place."

"Sir, I am compassionate to you." Fei Hongde said, "God naturally favors you."
Chapter completed!