Chapter 147 Preparations from all parties
Tomorrow is the day of Jia Zhen’s funeral. This night is called the night of companionship, which means that the whole family will stay up all night to guard the body, also known as sitting night.

Ningrong Street leads all the way to the Ningguo Mansion. Lanterns on both sides illuminate it as bright as day, and people are bustling about. There are two troupes of small operas and a variety of performances inside, entertaining relatives and friends.

An orange-yellow moon hung obliquely on the eaves of Tianxiang Tower. The moonlight shone quietly, and Huifang Garden was shrouded in tranquility.

At this time, Jia Jing was wearing a long gown and walking alone on a path with his hands behind his back.

Behind him followed a shriveled old man with gray hair and beard, wearing coarse linen clothes.

When he reached the edge of a forest, Jia Jing stopped.

There were towering ancient trees in front, and it was so gloomy that even the moonlight couldn’t penetrate. Occasionally, one or two strange bird calls could be heard, making the atmosphere even more gloomy and creepy!

A gust of night wind blew, blowing Jia Jing’s loose white hair into a mess.

After a moment of silence, Jia Jing spoke up: “Are you sure?”

The wizened old man said, “The master said that there is no 100% chance of success in anything, so we have to do it if there is a 70% chance! The Li family kid didn’t lie. Something big will happen in the outer city tonight, and the court’s attention will be drawn there. Although we are not sure how many guards there are in Prince Beijing’s Palace, we have gunpowder packs made from fireworks and firecrackers. If each of us brings a few, even if we can’t kill Shui Rong, we can scare that bastard half to death!”

Jia Jing stood with his hands behind his back under the dark shadow of the tree.

The withered old man was anxious: “The emperor’s words cannot be trusted! We can only rely on ourselves to take revenge!”

Jia Jing then slowly turned around and looked deeply at the shriveled old man. After a while, he sighed and said, “You are the only ones left from that time.”

The shriveled old man stamped his feet and said, “Jiao Da should have died a long time ago. It doesn’t matter if he’s one day older or one day younger. Those kids at home are inexperienced and prone to bad things. Although we are a little older, we are still agile, can run and jump, carry a knife, and kill people. Don’t worry, we have checked. There are many big trees planted around Beijing Prince’s Palace.

You can easily throw a gunpowder bag in.” At this point, he looked sad, “Besides us old guys, who else can Master Sun trust? !”

Jia Jing sighed: “Yes! Who else can I trust except you!”

“Jiao Da is gone!”

Jiao Da gave Jia Jing a standard military salute, then turned around and strode away.

Jia Jing’s eyebrows trembled, and he shouted loudly: “You must come back!”

The moonlight also quietly illuminates the Fourth Prince’s Mansion.

The white moonlight cast shadows everywhere in the back garden.

Inside the garden gate, dozens of strong men were kneeling on the ground, but only their backs could be seen.

The fourth prince walked in, his two cold eyes slowly swept over everyone’s heads: “Even if the king of heaven comes tonight, you will chop off the heads of Captain Qiu and his son! Do you understand?!”

The men answered at the same time: “Yes!”

The Fourth Prince: “If you can’t come back, I will take good care of your wives and children.”

“Thank you, Your Highness!”

The men bowed their heads in unison, stood up, and disappeared into the dark shadows at the foot of the wall.

At this time, a figure appeared silently beside the Fourth Prince: “Your Highness, Daxiangguo Temple is ready.”

The Fourth Prince: “Wait until all the people from the Southern Pacification Office rush in before taking action. We will not allow a single person to escape from the Daxiangguo Temple alive.”

“Yes.” The figure disappeared into the night again.

The fourth prince put his hands behind his back, looking at the moon gradually covered by dark clouds in the distance, and said in a voice as cold as the wind in the cracks of ice: “No one should ruin my plan.”

The God’s perspective, as the name suggests, is like God looking down on the world and being able to see the whole picture of things clearly.

After hearing what Xue Baochai said, Li Hu immediately guessed Bai Hongzhi’s intention. This guy wanted to run away!

Li Hu had just arranged for people to monitor Youjian Restaurant when he discovered that people from Prince Zhongshun’s Mansion appeared near the restaurant and were also monitoring it.

Ni Er moved quickly and placed the pieces of intelligence on Li Hu’s desk. Li Hu was standing alone in front of the desk, holding a lamp in his hand, his eyes reflecting the light, and looking carefully at each piece of information.

After reading the last page, Li Hu stood there in a daze, holding the lamp. He guessed that there would be trouble in Nancheng, but he didn’t expect it to be so complicated.

The White Lotus stronghold destroyed by Prince Zhongshun was exactly the White Lotus stronghold controlled by Ni Er based on the confession. It was obvious that Prince Zhongshun knew Bai Hongzhi’s identity. In addition, judging from Prince Zhongshun’s posture, he wanted to kill Bai Hongzhi. Either he had some evidence in Bai Hongzhi’s hands, or he fell into Bai Hongzhi’s “beauty trap” and had connections with Bai Hongzhi.

And Captain Qiu has gathered so many elite troops from the Southern Pacification Division, and it looks like they are going to close the net tonight.

Bai Hongzhi’s White Lotus Sect, Qiu Duwei’s Southern Pacification Office, the Prince Zhongshun’s Palace, and now even the palace has gotten involved. The capital city is bustling tonight.

Li Hu suddenly remembered that if Jia Jing also took action tonight, who knows what would happen!

Thinking of this, Li Hu put down the candlestick and paced back and forth.

Li Hu is a little confused now. He doesn’t know what to do or what to get from this chaos.

He had already obtained the information he wanted from Bai Hongzhi. Li Hu didn’t care whether Bai Hongzhi was dead or alive.

What was the handle of Prince Zhongshun? After what happened to the second prince, Li Hu finally understood that unless these royal children threatened the emperor’s power, even if they caused the wrath of heaven and people, they would just live in the clan residence for a while to temper their temper.

He was interested in the case investigated by Captain Qiu, but the other party had too many people and it was difficult to take action.

The most important thing is that he is not one of those fools who doesn’t know that their every move is being monitored by the palace.

As soon as he makes a move, he will be discovered by the palace immediately.

As for the matter of Xue’s pawnshop, he didn’t need to take any action, Jia Lian could solve it. The pawnshop was open for business, so there was no question of it colluding with bandits.

After walking around the study, Li Hu walked back to the desk, looked at the information, sighed, and thought: It seems that I can only be a spectator!
At this moment, Lin Daiyu’s voice came from outside the door: “Can I come in?”

This girl!
Li Hu shook his head and said, “Come in.”

The door opened with a click, and Lin Daiyu walked in with her hands behind her back. “What are you doing?”

Li Hu pointed to the desk and said, “You take a look too.” As he said that, he always felt that something was wrong. At this time, Lin Daiyu turned around and showed her hands behind her back.

“Girl, don’t learn everything from me!”

“I think it’s pretty good!”

Li Hu smiled bitterly and shook his head. He had led this good young lady astray.

Lin Daiyu finished reading, turned around, tilted her head and looked at Li Hu: “Why are you sighing?”

Li Hu: “Did you hear everything?”

Lin Daiyu nodded.

Li Hu thought about it and expressed his troubles.

Lin Daiyu looked at him with a smile and asked, “What do you want?”

Li Hu sighed softly: “It’s because I don’t know that I’m upset.”

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, “Fool, idiot, how can you only focus on the chess pieces and forget about the player!”

Li Hu was shocked by her words. That’s right, how could he forget the emperor? He was a close confidant of the emperor!
Now is the time to show yourself. As long as you send these to the palace, you will definitely be able to gain a lot of trust, and maybe even get some credit or something.

As for Ni Er’s affairs, the palace has always known about it.

As if she had thought of something, Lin Daiyu quickly stepped back, but was still picked up by Li Hu.

“No, let me go.”

“Well”

Lin Daiyu finally managed to break free, her face flushed and she was panting, she said angrily, “You can’t do this!”

Li Hu smiled and kissed her on the forehead again before letting her go. “Go to bed early.” He picked up a few pieces of ink paper from the desk and strode out.

(End of this chapter)