Chapter 1277 The Whereabouts Of The Secret Guards
"The yard next to the gambling house is a private property of Cao Yi''s himself. It is not written in his
name, but he has kept some people in it.
We were afraid of alerting the enemy, so we didn''t follow them. We just sent people to ambush around
the yard. Not long after, someone came out of the yard and went to a medicine room in Wen Nan Alley.
There is a poison doctor in that medicine room. "
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Yun Shang lifted her eyelids and asked, "To ask for poison?"
"I suppose so."
Hearing Xu Lin''s response, Yun Shang couldn''t helpughing, "These two brothers are interesting.
They both want to poison each other. I don''t know who will make it in the end."
Xu Lin lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Yun Shang rubbed her fingers and thought of what Luo Qingyan had said before. She didn''t know if it
was a show for them and yed by the Cao mansion.
Yun Shang said after a pause, "Keep an eye on them. Let''s just sit on the mountain and watch the fight
between the two brothers."
"Yes, your majesty."
"Has Cao Han behaved well these days?" Yun Shang asked.
Xu Lin nodded and then reported, "He has always been quiet. Except for the court and political affairs,
he has been staying at home for the rest of the time. We have been keeping an eye on him all the time.
Every day, he will read, practice calligraphy, talk with his wife, teach his children, and asionally go to
the yard of Old Lady Cao''s to pay respects. He lives in a self-disciplined way."
Yun Shang nodded, "I remember that Cao Han''s wife is a butcher''s daughter, right? And he has two
sons and one daughter? "
"Yes, your majesty." Xu Lin nodded.
"What does his wife and children usually do?"
"His wife and children are usually more boring." Xu Lin pressed his lips and resported, "Cao Han is the
son of a concubine, and his wife is the daughter of a butcher. He doesn''t have muchmunication in
his daily life. She just stays in the room embroidering and cooking all day long. She rarely goes out of
the house, but only asionally goes back to her mother''s home.
As Cao Han is a son of a concubine, his two sons can''t go to school in the n, so they have to go to
Zi Xuan Academy in the city. They go to the Academy early in the morning and go back to the mansion
in the afternoon. After returning home, they do homework, talk with their father and mother, and then
eat together. It''s almost the same every day.
Cao Han''s daughter stays at home most of the time. Cao Han has hired a female master to teach her
four ssics and six arts, and she will learn these things in her own yard."
Yun Shang nodded without saying anything. Xu Lin looked up at Yun Shang and said in a low voice,
"Don''t worry, your majesty. I have ordered my people to keep an eye on Cao Han''s wife and children."
Yun Shang nodded, "Cao Yi''s wife and children have left the Jin City. Send someone to keep an eye on
them."
"Yes, your majesty," Xu Lin replied. After a moment''s silence, he continued, "By the way, your majesty,
do you know that although Cao Yi has sent his wife and children out of the city, he has only kept the
youngest daughter at home?"
Yun Shang paused for a moment and then asked, "His youngest daughter?"
Yun Shang frowned and recalled. It seemed that someone had mentioned Cao Han''s youngest
daughter to her.
After thinking for a while, she remembered.
Someone did mention it.
It was Cao Han who mentioned it before.
Cao Han had told her that Old Lady Cao wanted to find an opportunity to connect with the Hua n by
marriage. Cao Yi''s youngest daughter was the one she had chosen to marry the seventh childe of the
Hua n.
"Cao Yi''s youngest daughter has contacted the seventh childe of the Hua n?" Yun Shang asked.
Otherwise, Cao Yi would not just keep her here.
"Yes, your majesty." Xu Lin nodded, "She has met the seventh childe a few times. They seem to have a
good conversation."
Yun Shang responded and thought to herself. After a while, she said, "I see. Is there anything else that
I need to know?"
Xu Lin shook his head, and Yun Shang waved him out of the study.
Luo Yi was still standing in the yard. When he saw Yun Shange out, he bowed to her.
Yun Shang nodded and walked over, "I''m leaving now. Take care of Qian Yin and the baby."
Luo Yi responded. Yun Shang was about to leave when Luo Yi suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, do you
know why many of the emperor''s secret guards suddenly disappeared?"
Yun Shang suddenly stopped and asked, "His Majesty''s Secret guards? Many people disappeared? "
Luo Yi wanted to ask Yun Shang about it, but seeing the confused look on Yun Shang''s face, he
paused for a while and said hesitantly, "When I went to the pce yesterday to inform the emperor of
the good news, I noticed that the emperor''s Taiji Pce was a little strange. The number of secret
guards that was supposed to protect the emperor suddenly decreased a lot.
Since Qian Yin is about to give birth, his majesty seldom sends me tasks. I seldom went to the pce,
thus. I didn''t know what happened. At that time, I wanted to ask his majesty about it, but before I raised
the question, someone came in. I saw that his majesty had something important to deal with, so I had
to leave. You know, Qian Yin and the child need to be taken care of, so I came back first.
I supposed you knew it."
In fact, Yun Shang had no idea of it at all.
Yun Shang pursed her lips and kept silent for a while. Then she raised her head and asked Luo Yi,
"You are much better at martial arts than me, and you are more familiar with the secret guards. Do you
notice that there are fewer secret guards around me?"
Luo Yi shook his head and said, "The secret guards around your majesty is not less, but a few more."
Hearing this, Yun Shang tightened her lips and asked, "Do you know where his majesty has sent his
secret guards?"
As themander of the secret guards, Luo Qingyan didn''t let him take care of the work about the
secret guards because Qian Yin was about to give birth recently. Thus, he didn''t know the specific flow
of the secret guards, but he knew the general whereabouts of them,
"There have always been secret guards in the two pces for your majesty and the Crown
Prince.Before that, however, as both your majesty and the Crown Prince lived in the Weiyang Pce,
the secret guards were concentrated in one ce to protect both of you. Thus there were fewer secret
guards at that time. Now that the Crown Prince has moved to the East Pce, a group of secret guards
has to arranged to protect the Crown Prince there.
The ces such as the border, the imperial capital city of the State of Yng, Liucang City, Siyang and
Nanyang have always been monitored.
And I also used to send some people to Jingcang County," Luo Yi reported.
Yun Shang nodded. She knew what happened in Jingcang County. It was the ce where the red dot
was on the map taken out from the Xiangyi Pce.
"In addition, in these two days, there are also two groups of secret guards heading to Deer City and
Yunzhou respectively," Luo Yi added.
"Deer City and Yunzhou? What are these two ces for? " Yun Shang was surprised.
"I heard that the local officials of these two ces reported that there seemed to be something unusual,
but I don''t know the specific situation yet."
Yun Shang nodded and calcted in her mind, "How many secret guards are there in total? Besides
those who have been monitoring, how many people are left?"
"There are more than three hundred secret guards in total. There have been a lot of things in the past
one or two years, and more and more secret guards have been sent out. Thus, we have less than thirty
people who can be flexibly mobilized in our hands."