Lu Jinxi didn't know whether Xiao Tingzhi fell asleep that night. Anyway, she went back to her room. After washing up, she lay down on the bed and fell asleep with the pillow on her head.
It was noon the next morning.
The streets all over the capital were strangely absent from the previous noises, and even the sound of throwing stones outside the city gate disappeared.
She always felt that such a situation was really unusual, so she only sent someone to climb up the courtyard wall quietly to see what was going on outside. But there was only chaos in the streets, and blood was occasionally seen, but even a soldier could not be seen.
The old housekeeper Wan Bao often stayed in the house and didn't leave.
Since Gu Chengqian left, he looks more and more old-fashioned. For him, the Grand Master's Mansion was his home, and as he got older, his life and death would be taken lightly, and he didn't care about what happened in the city.
He didn't sleep last night either.
When the guards in the mansion went to investigate and report back, he listened by the side and interjected: "Last night, there was a lot of noise outside, one after another, it seems that three waves of people went in the direction of the palace. It wasn't until this early morning that it became quiet."
Some headaches after a hangover.
Lu Jinxi held the wind chimes in his hands and made the hot soup. When he heard this, he only looked up at Wan Baochang: "Three waves of people?"
In this city, Xue Kuang and Gu Juefei are two factions. Where did the three waves come from
She was horrified for a while, and almost knocked over the soup bowl in her hand.
For a while, I didn't know what direction to guess: Is it an ordinary mobilization of troops, calculating each other, or is there really a third wave of people involved
Today's sky is drowsy.
It looked like it was going to rain again.
Lu Jinxi suddenly felt nauseated, and the hot soup she had just drank seemed to have turned into greasy grease amid the sudden tension and anxiety, which made her have the urge to vomit.
But she forcibly suppressed the urge.
At this time, even though she was already the mistress of the mansion, she would not let others worry about her own risk.
His face was slightly cold, and he only ordered: "Tell the people below, I'm afraid it will only be a matter of a day or two. Be sure to cheer up and continue to pay attention to the news outside."
"Yes!"
The guard took the order and retreated.
Feng Chi saw that Lu Jinxi's face was a little pale, but she was a little worried: "You haven't slept well these days. You drank wine last night and the wind was blowing. You should go back to the room and sleep for a while."
"No, I can't sleep."
Not only could he not fall asleep, but he couldn't even read a page or a word.
Lu Jinxi waved his hand, indicating that the wind chimes should not be concerned about himself, but got up and stood under the porch outside, looking at the gloomy sky.
Wait, it's another afternoon.
After nightfall, Lu Jinxi thought she couldn't fall asleep, but she still fell asleep, the kind who fell asleep peacefully with her head on the pillow.
Until a shocking explosion in the middle of the night woke her up.
"Boom" came from the direction of the Southeast Palace!
Not only Lu Jinxi, but inside and outside the Grand Master's mansion, all those who were asleep and those who were not asleep were disturbed, and their silhouettes flickered for a while.
Lu Jinxi got up in her clothes and stood in the courtyard to see—
In this dark and miserable night, the sky in the southeast actually revealed a dark red light, as if it was fainted by the dumped dye, and it burned into a thrilling color.
She heard someone shouting: "It's burning, it's burning in the palace!"
My heart was suddenly in chaos, and as soon as I lifted my footsteps, I almost subconsciously walked towards the door of the mansion.
The servants and guards in the mansion gathered here when they heard the movement. Seeing her like this, they hurriedly called someone to stop her.
The wind chimes were about to cry.
She grabbed Lu Jinxi's sleeves tightly with both hands, and shouted tremblingly, "Madam, you can't go. Both adults and Mr. Meng have explained it, and unless the outcome is known, the house will never be opened. .You calm down, everything will be fine, adults, they will be fine."
No matter how much Lu Jinxi wanted to rush out to see what was going on, there were so many people who were holding her on guard, and she couldn't get out.
She stood still for a while, and finally gave up.
Without saying a word, he stopped, and was surrounded by him and returned to the room to sit.
But in the middle of the night, I couldn't sleep anyway.
All the people in the Grand Master's Mansion were worried.
At this time, the difference between the master and the servant also disappeared in the apprehension and fear of the final result. Everyone was standing or sitting, waiting inside and outside.
Xiao Tingzhi also walked in at some point, but only sat down in the corner and did not speak.
Lu Jinxi glanced at him and looked away.
The crowd just waited for the middle of the night.
At the beginning of Yin Shi, a voice suddenly came from outside, and then a guard who had been quietly watching the situation outside hurriedly reported: "There is a group of people here!"
"Did you see who it was from?"
Lu Jinxi stood up immediately and asked.
The guard shook his head: "It's too dark to see clearly. But looking at it, it doesn't seem like the Praetorian Guards..."
"what… "
Everyone in the room turned pale.
Even Lu Jinxi's head made a buzzing sound, dizzy for a while, and he almost couldn't stand up: "Go and have a look, be more careful!"
So the guard went again.
All the cowardly maids in the room began to cry lowly at this moment.
Lu Jinxi felt a little irritable when she heard this, but she didn't stop drinking. She just stared at the door in the yard for people to come in and out, with no expression on her face.
Soon, the guard came back.
This time, he ran back quickly, with the ecstasy on his face that he was worried about, and shouted while running: "It's the one sent back by Mr. Meng, the one sent back by Mr. Meng!"
At this moment, Lu Jinxi's heart fell back.
She went limp and fell back into the chair.
Immediately following the guard, it turned out to be a group of soldiers dressed differently from the imperial guards. The leader was not someone else, but Yin Liu'er, who had been recommended by Lu Jinxi to go to Liu Jin's Falcon Camp in the past.
Now it's time to call Lu Yin.
Wearing a suit of armor, he bowed down and bowed to Lu Jinxi, clasped his fists and said, "I saw Mrs. Meng at the end of the day, and I received an order from Mr. Meng, asking you to enter the palace with His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince. The matter has been settled, please also ask. You and everyone in the Grand Master's Mansion don't have to worry. It's just that there are still some remnants outside, so it's better not to wander outside for the time being."
"Won?"
Lu Jinxi was still in a trance.
The smile on Yin Liu'er's face became more obvious, and he grinned and replied, "We won."
Suddenly there was cheers in the house.
Lu Jinxi sat in the seat for a while before suddenly laughing, her eyes were covered with a moist glow, and she didn't realize that her hands were shaking a little until she got up.
"How is your lord, do you know?"
"This..." Yin Liu'er was stunned for a moment, rubbed his head, feeling a little embarrassed, "I was in a hurry when I left, but I didn't have time to see it. I was only sent by Mr. Meng and came here, and I don't know the specific situation."
"Enter the palace immediately."
Lu Jinxi's body was a little chilled without getting the news she wanted from Yin Liu'er. She gritted her teeth slightly, and walked outside without saying a word.
Yin Liu'er was taken aback by her posture, and hurriedly called someone to follow.
It was only halfway through, and when I remembered that the seventh prince was coming, I stopped again, and after a look in the crowd, I saw Xiao Tingzhi, so he came up again and said, "Please enter the palace."
Xiao Tingzhi recognized Yin Liuer.
Because he remembered that this person was in Xue Kuang's army some time ago, and he was one of the people who followed Xue Kuang to rebel against the crowd.
Now it appears in the Grand Master's Mansion...
Only at this moment, he roughly guessed where Xue Kuang lost, and for Gu Juefei's precise and savory calculation, he suddenly gave birth to a kind of fear.
He was very suspicious of the other party's intention to invite him into the palace.
I just thought about it, if I really want to kill him, why would I need such a lot of trouble
So Xiao Tingzhi only glanced at Yin Liu'er, and then walked out directly.
He rode a horse, and Lu Jinxi rode a carriage.
The two of them were escorted by this team of soldiers and passed through the chaotic street. All they saw were scattered lights, and the rest was a deep darkness.
There was a thick smell of blood in the air.
And the smell of gunpowder.
The red-burning sky in the direction of the imperial palace in the distance also darkened, and it was raining lightly.
It was three quarters of Yin Shi when he arrived at Tai Chi Gate.
Lu Jinxi got off the carriage and was going to go directly to the palace gate, but after only two steps, he stopped and looked at the figure sitting casually at the palace gate.
Today and yesterday, they overlapped together.
For those who dare to sit at the Taiji Gate like this, the civil and military people of the whole dynasty could not find a second person—except for Fang Shaoxing, who was wicked and arrogant and never looked at people righteously, who else could it be
The heavy armor has been removed and thrown on the ground.
Fang Shaoxing, who was only wearing a blood-stained white robe, sat on the armor rather shyly, tore a slit in his waist and abdomen, and wrapped it up, but the blood still seeped through that layer of snow. come out.
The silver gun also stood bloody, leaning beside it.
He also carried a small jar of wine in his hand, and the mud seal had already been opened, and he only took it with his left hand and poured it towards his right arm with a knife edge.
"crash..."
The spirits washed away the wound, washed out a patch of blood, stained the front of his clothes, and made him grin in pain.
Looking at it like this, where is the demeanor of a mighty general
Lu Jinxi just stopped and watched for a while, before stepping back inside.
She had no intention of talking to Fang Shaoxing.
But Fang Shaoxing saw her, and was not surprised at all, he just raised his eyebrows and looked at her recklessly. When she came over, he raised his hand and held the silver gun next to her to stop her. , smiled: "Who allowed you to pass here?"
This attitude, this look...
It's the same as it used to be.
When he was demoted as Jin Wuwei to guard the gate of the palace, he also stopped her in this way, with the appearance of the king of the mountain, "I opened this mountain, and I planted this tree".
Fang Shaoxing really doesn't look like a famous general who was on a par with Xue Kuang six or seven years ago... Lu Jinxi glanced at him, and his eyes fell on the wound that cracked because he grabbed the gun again, cool Coolly persuaded: "General Fang should save some energy and don't toss himself, lest he earn a lot of glory and wealth, but die to enjoy it."
Fang Shaoxing raised his eyebrows again.
But in the end, I didn't want to embarrass her, but after two days of fierce battles, I was exhausted and panicked. When I saw her passing by here, I remembered the beginning.
Hearing what she said, he just smiled and withdrew the gun.
Lu Jinxi walked over.
It's just that everyone didn't expect that after she took a few steps forward, she suddenly stopped for some reason. Then he turned around directly, walked back to Fang Shaoxing quickly, grabbed the small jar of wine from his left hand, and took a few sips.
Fang Shaoxing was stunned.
Lu Jinxi only handed the wine jar back to him, took a breath, and thanked him, and then strode in with the smell of wine and heat that suddenly boiled over.
Soon, I saw what was inside.
On top of a collapsed ruin, there was a short table with broken corners, a pot of wine and two glasses on the table, with Xue Kuang sitting on one side and Gu Juefei sitting on the other.