Ning Gu

Chapter 114

In summer night, the sound of insects is new, following the breeze, coming through the window screen.One or two little fireflies flew into the flames of the candle.Speaking of which, it was quite lively, but the excitement was too small to catch people's eyes.

Xie Ling sat in front of the case, took a small wooden stick, and lightly picked up a small mosquito that threw himself into the flames, causing the charred corpse on the candle, and at the same time ordered: "Be careful with this matter, don't call him father and son." The two of you know."

The man in black kneeling in the hall clasped his hands together, performed the Buddhist ceremony, and agreed.

"Go. Finish your orders earlier and rest earlier."

The man in black stood up in response, pushed the door and backed out. Seeing him leave, Xie Ling took out a small note from his sleeve. The handwriting on the note was Xie Wuling himself, but the content was the same as Hui Xuan sent by Zhao Xing. The content of the side note is the same.

Xie Ling put this small piece of paper on the dancing flame of the candlestick, and lit the fire. Seeing that the tongue of fire was licking the paper almost halfway, he threw the paper into the idle brush washer until it burned. Ashes, Xie Ling blew out the candles, and took advantage of the moonlight shining into the room to go to the bed alone.

Outside the ancestral hall of the outer palace, after Xianzhi placed the booklet properly, he asked the young monk who served the ancestral hall to remember to clean the inner room, and then he rode on the horse he had come from.

Just as he was about to ride his horse back, he saw a black shadow coming from the corridor, and Xianzhi grasped the rein subconsciously with one hand. When the shadow was approaching, he saw the man's pigtails, so he released his strength , Waiting for the man to come to the horse.

"What's wrong?" Xianzhi asked.

"The news is not very good." Pigtail said.

"What do you mean it's not very good? How about Sister Peeping Fish?"

"When Zhaoxing's people went to pick up Yu Niangzi, some people had already arrived ahead of time. Probably because Zhaoxing's people arrived, they suddenly made trouble."

"now what?"

"You didn't give the order to die, so Zhaoxing's people left first. But I sent a few hidden guards to protect the lady. The lady's martial arts are not bad at all, so it's not a problem to think about self-protection."

Hearing this, Xianzhi frowned.

"Go, go and have a look."

Xiao Zhui turned around and climbed up to the eaves one yard first, stepped on the top of the eaves, turned and jumped to the south of the city to find her two leaders.Xianzhi's foot got out of the stirrup, turned over and put his foot on the horse's back, borrowed his strength to get on the eaves, and followed closely behind.

When the two arrived, the scene was far from Xiao Zhuang's prediction.

The people living in the south of the city are all law-abiding civilians. Without the luxurious life in the north of the city, they are all residents who work from sunrise to sunset. Once night falls, they fall into silence without exception. It is much rarer than in the city.

But now in the middle of the night, there are not only fewer human voices, but even the sound of insects is rarely heard, making the south of the city extremely quiet.Only the bright moon shines on the bluestone road.

In the Qingshi Road, there were two corpses lying horizontally, and blood flowed and spread between them.Xianzhi approached cautiously, but the little braid approached the maid at the side first, and felt the pulse under her neck with his hand.

Not long after, he stretched out his hand to test the pulse of the woman next to the maid, and he looked up at Xianzhi and shook his head.

Xianzhi refused to believe it, squatted down, and didn't care that the hem of his robe fell into the pool of blood, he stretched out his hand to sniff, and looked at the upturned eyeballs in the closed eyes.His hands trembled more and more, and slowly slid down to the woman's neck. After feeling for a pulse for a long time, but when he was sure that he hadn't found any, his eyes instantly turned red.

"Master, I..."

"Where's the dark guard?"

"Subordinate, send someone to look for it." The braid got up to leave, Fang took a step, then looked back, "You can't delay here, if someone sees it, I'm afraid you should leave something to talk about."

"En. Go find someone first." Xianzhi ordered to the braid behind him without moving a moment ago.

Xiao Zhuang's mouth moved, and before he had anything to say, he listened to Xian Zhi: "I've seen a lot, it's okay, don't worry about me."

Xiao Zhuang nodded, went to the deep alley to call for people, and went around to look for the few hidden guards he left behind.In fact, it wasn't that he wasn't worried, but that what Xian Zhi said was right, the two of them had seen too many life and death separations in these years.

If there are too many, it will be numb.

The sensibility that was so numb that reason preempted the heart at that moment, so before Xiao Zhuang could say the words "sorrow and change", he was stopped by Xian Zhi.

Xianzhi stayed silently beside Ye Peepyu.Ye Guyu is to him, maybe it is like the magic method to Xie Wuling.They have the same chic and unrestrained bones, Miaofa has the beauty of the wind and the moon, but Ye Qianyu has the rustle of the wind and the mountains.It's just that Ye Jianyu was defeated by the feelings of the unlucky man he entrusted.

Now this guest died in this place of Fufeng, not in the yellow sand on the desert in the setting sun of the long river that belonged to her.When you think about it, it's always embarrassing.

Xianzhi gathered up the clothes for her, straightened the messy black hair on her forehead, pinned a strand behind her ear, reached for Ye Qianyu's tightly closed hands, and took out a piece of black brocade cloth from inside.Before he had time to take a closer look, the sound of the green tiles on the eaves moving was heard not far away, Xianzhi's ears moved, apparently he was not the only one who heard the crisp sound of the green tiles colliding.

Xiao Zhuang appeared next to the small wooden cart at the corner of the alley, and said, "Master, we have to go."

Xian Zhi nodded, put the piece of brocade cloth into his sleeve pocket, and then got up and walked to Xiao Zhuang's side, the waistband was pulled by the handrail of the small wooden cart, Xian Zhi didn't pay attention when he walked, and was caught by Xie Lingxu The ring pei fell to the ground.

Xianzhi glanced back, frowned, and thought that the boundary was still shaded, so he planned to send someone to pick it up later.

And the person leaning on the eaves happened to see the light-colored hem of Xianzhi walking around the corner, and heard the crisp sound of the ring falling to the ground.

He waited for Xianzhi to walk away before he slid down from the wood on the eaves and against the wall.He stepped forward to pick up the ring and held it in his hand.His fingers kept rubbing, as if picking up some treasure, tears welled up in his eyes after a while.

At the moment when the tears fell, he gritted his back teeth, held the ring tightly in his hand for a few minutes, then raised his head and glanced at the direction the person was leaving, then hurriedly looked away, and was looking at Ye Peyu's master and servant. go.

Lu Qifang took a step, and someone put on his shoulder. He raised his hand and grabbed the hand on the shoulder. He lowered his body and backhanded to throw the person over his shoulder. However, the manpower was strong, so Lu Qi squatted down and turned slightly. Eyes of the person in front of him.

Lu Qi narrowed his eyes and said, "It's you?"

"Young Master, I've offended you." The man withdrew his hands and clasped his hands together in a salute.He had been arranged by Xie Wuling to follow Xianzhi since he was a child, so Lu Qi had naturally seen him too.So when he turned back to pick up the things for Xianzhi, he saw that it was Lu Qi, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But Lu Qi didn't seem to want to give him water.Lu Qi held Huan Pei tightly in his arms, as if he knew that the person in front of him would not make a ruthless move, and Lu Qi mostly guarded, as long as he entered Lu Qi would retreat.

"Young Lord, don't embarrass this little monk."

"Then you answer my question, and I'll pay you back."

"You say."

"Is today's matter related to him?"

The monk didn't know the purpose of Lu Qi's question, so his throat choked up, and he didn't answer immediately, but Lu Qi took him as a monk's hesitation not to lie, and his eyes dimmed for a moment.

"Ye Jianyu is his elder sister," Lu Qi was suddenly annoyed, he held Huan Pei tightly in his hand, almost crushing it, and said in a low voice: "Sure enough, Guan Zhi is right. , all of you are hiding dirty things, get lost!"

After Lu Qi watched the monk leave, the hand holding Huan Pei was still trembling uncontrollably, the trembling seemed to be quietly revealing the shock in his heart.

Probably he was really too naive to confirm with the monk with a glimmer of hope.He didn't expect such a result. If he didn't ask such a question, he might still be able to pretend that he didn't know anything, and continue to be his little master without hesitation when facing Liang Ce.

And Liang Ce and Lu Weiming were sitting in the frame parked at the entrance of the alley in the south of the city.Lu Weiming couldn't sit still and lifted the curtain, stretched his neck outside the car, and looked outside.

Lu Weiming's line of sight was restricted at night, and he couldn't compare to others, he could only vaguely see a boy standing there besides the visiting servant from Liang's family.

The young boy from the Liang family came from there with a lantern and stood outside the car to report that the two of them had passed away.Lu Weiming immediately got up when he heard the words, and was about to get off the frame, but Liang Ce grabbed his wrist and stopped him.

Lu Weiming looked back at him, but he calmly glanced at his seat and let him sit down.Although Lu Weiming couldn't figure out what he was thinking, he knew that the two of them were grasshoppers on the same rope, Liang Ce would not harm him at this time, or Liang Ce would not throw a stone at his own foot at this time.

Lu Weiming flipped his wrist and broke free from his hand. As soon as he returned to his original seat, he heard Liang Ce's order to the outside: "Someone go and invite the young master."

"Yes." The boy replied.

Lu Weiming was very puzzled: "Lu Qi? Hasn't he already rested?"

"There was too much movement in the yard, he came out first." Liang Ce raised his chin, motioning him to look out.

Lu Qi was invited into the carriage by the servant, and when he saw the two people in the carriage, he glanced left and right, put his hands behind his back, and put the ring into his sleeve pocket.

Liang Ce noticed his small movements at a glance, but he didn't say it clearly.He just looked at Lu Qi and asked, "Who is that?"

Lu Qi said, "I don't know."

Liang Ce said: "Little Marquis, you shouldn't be like this. I have already told you that Zhaoxing's people want to kill her. If you say you don't know a word, it's just that there is no money here."

"I really don't know him." Lu Qi found a place to sit down.

Liang Ce gave him a meaningful look, did not continue to refute him, but continued with what he said just now: "This Fufeng is not that simple. You should know that the game that your Xie Wuling's father set up was not started in advance."

Lu Qi's eyes were wandering everywhere, but when he heard this sentence, he immediately turned his head and stared at Liang Ce: "You know?"

"Of course I know, not only that, I also know that this is planned by Lord Xinling."

After Lu Qi heard the words, his face immediately changed. This was in Liang Ce's arms, and he chose such a time.

"In the beginning, people killed Huixuan. Master Huixuan, the whole Fufeng still knows about the person who had grievances from the previous dynasty," Liang Ce said with a smile on his lips, "You know the first picture, the one drawn The picture of Xipao is deliberately flipping through the old account of Duke Yong. The purpose is to force out Sang Luo. You must not know Sang Luo. He is one of your friends who turned against Xie Wuling's father. Of course, the next step is probably to really solve the problem. Anyway, this is something to say later, you don't have to believe it, but they are kings, and they must not tolerate the brothers around them to stare at them."

"And the second picture is Changle. It's been so long, and there's nothing wrong with it. Even Sang Luo can't see through it. The old man guesses, it's probably for Changle to know Xie Wuling's good intentions, so that Xuancheng and Chang Le is absolutely devoted to him." Liang Ce raised his eyebrows, and continued, "Probably what he wants is Zhaoxing's forces in Xuancheng's hands, you should have seen him outside just now, it's Zhaoxing's people."

"The third picture shows the two friends of Xie Wuling Guzang, Fu Zhou and Yu Yu. There is no news of Ye Fuzhou in the northwest so far, so Ye Ji Yu must be in his hands."

Lu Qi frowned, and listened to Lu Weiming's explanation: "Military power in the court is controlled by the four parties. The Lu family counts as one family, and the Ye family counts as one family. Before, Princess Qi had a share. After her death, the Duke of Qin at that time, also It is the current Emperor Zuo who has taken over. And their Ye family is in charge of our Lu family's half jade antler."

"So you mean envy, just because of the jade antlers in their hands?"

"That's not the only thing," Liang Ce waved his hand with a smile, "The Ye family has always been close to him, so no matter what, the jade antlers will be in his hands. At that time, he will take the jade antlers and give them to Lu before Emperor Zuo. If the family fights for a title, he can wait for the hereditary status in peace."

"At the beginning, Xie Wuling set up this game because of him. You are just a part of it."

"You're talking nonsense, didn't my father ask Princess Qi to tell me?"

"Exactly, Xie Wuling is the best at counting people's hearts. He has done it long ago. When you know this, it should be when you are absolutely desperate for Xianzhi. Then you will only deceive yourself and protect him, just like you are now." Same."

When Lu Qi heard the words, he fell silent and didn't have the heart to continue the conversation.

Seeing his sudden silence, Liang Ce also felt a little uneasiness in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He took a step back and said, "Young Master still doesn't believe it? Then just ignore the old man's words today." As he spoke, he paused, and then added something meaningful, "But according to the old man, there should be a big show in a few days.

However, this big drama didn't wait until a few days after Liang Xiang said, he couldn't hold back early, and came in a hurry.

The wine shop in the city is the most crowded place. In a remote location, a few casual tourists talked about the rumors in the streets and alleys recently.

"Hey. Have you guys heard? His Highness Guanzhi, who was imprisoned because of the fire a few days ago, I heard that he committed suicide in prison."

"Ah, but I didn't see the obituary." One person said.

As soon as the man finished speaking, he was hit on the head: "Just say you are stupid, this is called secretiveness. It is said that there are other disrespectful things written in the confession. If it is really reported, the confession will be ordered. world."

"Then, what's written on it?"

The other listeners immediately snapped back: "Your Majesty doesn't even know, how can I let you know?"

"Hey, don't tell me, I really heard from my drunk relative."

As soon as he said this, the people at the table immediately put their heads together and listened to him quietly: "I heard that the real father of Marquis Lu before that, that courtier, was hidden in the Chongque."

As soon as he said this, the people at the table immediately sat back in their original positions and pretended to be.Everyone in Fufeng knows about it, everyone in Fufeng can discuss it, except Mr. Xie Xiao.It's not a rule from above, it's just people who are afraid of Zhaoxing.Someone who chewed their tongues behind their backs before died with their tongues cut off.

Once again, the partial officials failed to catch anyone, so everyone tacitly put this matter on Zhao Xing's hidden pile.

Everyone looked around and came back together again. Someone said first: "But I think what I said is not unreasonable. Is there any disrespectful thing to say? It's probably about that gentleman, and I also heard that it was City Lord Xuan who brought up this matter in the court today, and everyone knew that the Ministry of Punishment had concealed this matter, and the Holy Majesty immediately became angry, and asked the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to hand over the confession letter quickly."

"So there will probably be a result tomorrow?"

"That's not certain. Judging by Dizuo's vigorous and resolute methods, maybe Fufeng will be uneasy tonight."