In the early morning of the second day, as expected by Jiang Yu and Liu Yuexue, after taking out the Tingwei token that Jiang Yu was carrying, the city guards easily put the two in, without even checking.
Back in the city, Jiang Yu found an excuse to separate from Liu Yuexue and went to Zuihualou alone. Only Diao Ling could help him with what happened last night.
"So... you came to me this time to investigate Liu Yuexue?"
Diao Ling was leaning on the couch and looked at Jiang Yu with a smile. Unlike before, she did not hold a wine glass this time.
"Yeah." Jiang Yu nodded and said, "I heard their conversation last night. I suspect that Liu Yuexue may have other intentions to infiltrate the palace."
From the conversation between Liu Yuexue and the woman in red last night, Jiang Yu determined that Liu Yuexue and the organization behind him were plotting some special plan, and the purpose of this plan was probably Zhang Rang if there was no accident.
Looking at it like this, Liu Yuexue should probably be his "companion"... But there is no room for Jiang Yu to be sloppy in the important affairs of the court.
So just in case, Jiang Yu decided to come to Diao Ling to investigate.
"Well...Liu Yuexue..." Nodding slightly, Diao Ling's brow wrinkled lightly, and then released it immediately, smiled at Jiang Yu and said, "Actually, Liu Yuexue and I have known each other for a long time..."
"Huh? You know each other?" Jiang Yu looked at Diao Ling in disbelief. Liu Yuexue never told him this.
"It's not like I've known each other for a long time." Diao Ling explained: "It was just that when I was young, I felt it was a good fit, so I was a little hypocritical..."
When speaking, Diao Ling's eyes rarely showed a trace of sadness.
"I see..." Jiang Yu nodded.
"He is a rather special person..." A glass of wine suddenly appeared in his hand, Diao Ling said slowly, "I was born special, it is said that he was an orphan, abandoned by his parents, but fortunately he was the head of Yingjiao. People can grow up when they pick it up..."
"The head of the Ying Sect?" Jiang Yu asked suspiciously, "Could this be the old lady they talked about?"
"Well..." Diao Ling nodded and continued: "Yingjiao is from Dongying, a small island far away in the East China Sea... Although the land is small, the strange people don't need to be small in the Central Plains, the people on the island are the best at different things. kind of primitive witchcraft and some weird movements..."
Listening to Diao Ling's explanation, Jiang Yu suddenly had a strange thought in his heart: This Dongying in "Magic"...couldn't it be Dahongwan?
In the history of China, Dahongwan was called Dongying, and this Yingjiao... was Dahongwan's "spy" planted in China?
Probably not. Now that the national border has not been opened, Dahongwanzi should not have this ability... This Ying sect should only be a martial arts sect born in Xuzhou Bohai and other places influenced by the Eastern Ying culture.
After taking a sip of wine, Diao Ling continued: "The origin of the head of the Ying Sect is mysterious, but he is a little older than me, probably in his sixties or seventies..."
"Six, sixty or seventy years old? A little older?!" Jiang Yu looked at Diao Ling with a flat expression in shock.
Sixty or seventy years old is only a little older, isn't Diao Ling also fifty or sixty years old? No matter how old you are, you should have it in your 40s or 50s, right?
Looking at Diao Ling, who was only twenty years old at most, Jiang Yu was shocked.
"Yeah, a little older..." Diao Ling seemed to like seeing Jiang Yu's shocked look, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly: "What? Are you surprised? some..."
"Hold the grass..." Looking at Diao Ling, who took the initiative to admit, Jiang Yu suddenly remembered that Sun Shangxiang had told him before that Diao Ling was actually an old woman...
No longer teasing Jiang Yu, Diao Ling said: "The name of this head can't be found anymore, all the disciples in Ying Sect call her 'Old Madam', but there is one thing I think might be useful to you... …"
"What?" Jiang Yu asked hastily.
"The head of the Ying Sect seems to have a lot of hostility towards the ten permanent attendants..." Diao Ling explained: "And it's still the kind of undisguised hostility, so I think the plan Liu Yuexue said is likely to be real..."
"Hostility towards the ten permanent servants..." Jiang Yu frowned as he seemed to think of something, and lowered his head in thought.
If he remembered correctly, Wang Si once said that when Zhang Rang executed Taiwei Dou, it seemed that Mrs. Dou escaped by taking advantage of the chaos...
If that Mrs. Dou could live to this day, she should be around sixty or seventy years old, right? And what's more important is that the head of the Ying Sect also has great hostility to the Shi Changshi, and even sent people to Luoyang to assassinate...
Taken together, a flash of light suddenly flashed in Jiang Yu's mind.
"Diaoling!" Looking at Jiang Yu, Jiang Yu hurriedly asked, "Do you have any clues about the wife of Taiwei Dou?"
"Yes..." Diao Ling put down the wine glass, nodded and replied: "In the Dou family tragedy, only the wife of Taiwei Dou escaped and disappeared from the scene..."
"Disappeared?"
"Of course, this is only on the surface. According to some gossip, Mrs. Dou is not dead, but is hiding somewhere, waiting for revenge..."
"Vengeance?" Jiang Yu nodded and continued to ask: "When did the head of Yingjiao take office now?"
"More than ten years ago..." Diao Ling was stunned for a moment, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, she turned her head and smiled at Jiang Yu and said, "Do you suspect that this head is Mrs. Dou?"
"That's right." Jiang Yu nodded and explained, "There is too much overlap between these two people. I suspect that they are probably the same person. The so-called head of the Ying Sect is actually Mrs. Dou back then."
"That's right, it's not unwilling..." Diao Ling thought for a while and nodded.
If Jiang Yu's guess is correct, then things will be clear.
Liu Yuexue was actually a disciple of the Ying Sect, and Madam Dou, the head of the Ying Sect, sent Liu Yuexue to Luoyang to execute the plan to assassinate Zhang Rang for revenge.
Therefore, Liu Yuexue and him are not in a hostile relationship, on the contrary, they are still comrades-in-arms to some extent, and they can still be trusted.
"Thank you, if I'm fine, I'll go first..." Jiang Yu got up and said after drinking the glass.
"Well, okay..." Diao Ling nodded slightly.
"By the way, when I assassinated last night, I also thank you." Jiang Yu said suddenly when he walked to the door.
The shadows who protected him last night were actually the people Diao Ling sent to protect him secretly.
"Really, what's there to thank..." Diao Ling shook her head and smiled: "They should protect you... By the way, you should pay more attention to Liu Yuexue..."
"Pay more attention? What do you mean?"
"You'll know then..." Diao Ling smiled mysteriously.
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