It rained heavily.
Although they were shielded by the lush branches and leaves of tallow trees, the confrontation in the courtyard lasted only a moment, and the robes of Qiu Jinglan and Qiu Feng were already soaked through.
If it were normal times, they might not be so embarrassed.
But at this moment, both of them knew that the other was their lifelong rival, and a slight negligence would result in defeat and death, so naturally they had no time to use their inner strength to avoid the rain.
"Originally, you have been running back and forth for the past two days, and you have expended a lot of effort to rescue Princess Ningyi. Now Qiu is looking for you to fight with no force!" Qiu Feng slowly pulled out the long sword from behind and said word by word, "But This is not a competition, just revenge... Come on!"
"Ding!"
Through the window lattice, Qiu Yilan could also hear the sound of weapons clashing, which could not be covered up by the strong wind and rain. She could imagine how fierce the battle outside was at this moment.
It's just that although the poison of Ulan Xiang has been resolved, she is still unable to get up at this moment - even if she can get up, she can't get involved in this battle. People are guarding the room from door to window to prevent further accidents, which is also prohibited. She went out to mix it up.
So she could only bite her lip and pray that Qiu Jinglan would definitely win!
—But Qiu Jinglan, who suffered too much loss, was not Qiu Feng’s opponent after all.
In the mere sight of a cup of tea, Qiu Jinglan had been struck by swords on his shoulder, under his ribs, and on his left arm. This was the result of his best efforts to dodge.
Just when the autumn wind was about to pierce the long sword into his throat, just like in the inner room just now, a black light silently hit the sword in the rain curtain, "duh", shaking the long sword into two pieces!
Next, before the angry autumn wind could make another move, a large number of men in black holding crossbows suddenly appeared in the previously empty courtyard, with crossbows loaded and arrows on the strings, and they surrounded him!
"What a Qiu Jinglan, what a Lord of the End of the World!" Qiu Feng knew that there was no hope of revenge for his close friend. He looked at Qiu Jinglan with eyes full of disdain and contempt. He spit on the ground, turned the broken sword upside down, and pointed towards it. He wiped it off his neck and said, "Qiu is an upright person. Even if he falls into your scheme, how can a villain like you kill him?!"
"Stop him!" Qiu Jinglan ignored Dong Ran who hurriedly came up to bandage her wounds, and calmly ordered, "Tie him up and take him to the study!"
Then he ordered, "Go and tell my sister that I won and that everything is safe, so that she can rest assured."
Qiu Yilan, who didn't know the actual battle or that Qiu Jinglan was injured, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news.
"Princess, please drink the medicine, and then take a nap... You can return to Beijing soon." Chun Ran carefully held the medicine, and Qiu Yilan took it and drank it happily.
When she woke up again, except that she was still a little weak, she was acting as usual.
At this time, the sky finally cleared up. Su He, who was guarding the couch, told her: "The guards went to see it this morning. The water has receded, but the ground is not dry yet. I'm afraid that the carriages and horses will get caught in it, so I want to wait for the ground to dry." Let it dry before leaving."
He lowered his voice again, "Your Majesty... No, my cousin told us to call him the same as before, so as not to reveal his identity."
Qiu Yilan nodded: "This is what it should be. Empress Dowager Gu and Kuang Shihan are still in control of the government, and the other is officially in charge of the Zhenxi Army. What do we brothers and sisters have now? Now that my brother's identity has been announced, not only can he not be able to help his grandfather and If my father and the others are cleared of their grievances, they will be held accountable for their relationship with Tianya, so it is safer for me to use my identity as the heir and grandson of the Ruan family!"
Thinking of this, I asked, "Since Qiu Feng is defeated, what will my brother do to him?"
Su He had a strange look on his face, thinking how could Tiema Qiuxia have failed? It's just that we were tricked by our prince!
But she didn't dare to reveal that Qiu Jinglan had ordered the seal to be sealed, so she scratched the surface and said, "My cousin asked someone to stop him from committing suicide, and invited him to the study for a long talk... and then let him go. . When he left, he said that he might come to see Mr. Ciao again... But the maid didn't care about Mr. Ciao at all. "
Qiu Yilan believed it to be true and sighed: "Although my brother has lied to Qiu Feng for so many years about the former Protector Zuo, but this time the matter was exposed, even his identity was known to him, and he was willing to let him go, which shows that my brother is not helpless. They are nostalgic. Qiunie and the others rebelled and said they were unwilling to be subordinate to others. After all, this was an excuse for not seizing power... But I hope they won't regret it after they become the Queen Mother Gu's subordinates - especially Mei Xue, Zhuo Qian, and Gu Yanlian's own cousin. They can do it, let alone them?"
Su He smiled dryly: "That's what you said."
The maid feels that the prince seems to have deceived Qiu Feng again...
But Qiu Jinglan wanted to maintain her positive image in front of her sister, and Su He did not dare to undermine it. She quickly changed the subject: "In the past two days when you were asleep, General Jiang, Princess Chunfu, Miss Zhuang, and the Xue family Miss Sixth Sun either sent people or came in person, but her cousin turned her away, saying that you were infected with the cold. "
"I actually slept for two days? Please ask Zhuang Man to have a chat with Xue Nongqing after returning to the city." The troubles with her brother were temporarily suppressed, and Qiu Yilan suddenly thought of her own troubles again - thinking of the Jiang family siblings using different ways to become suspicious. She felt unhappy, especially because the cousin she thought she was her real brother turned out to be her real brother - she felt more innocent, and became more disgusted with Jiang Yashuang and Jiang Qizheng's suspicions.
She didn't want to talk about these people and things now, so she asked: "Have those three Qiunie left? What are the specific conditions that brother agreed to?"
Su He said: "I left yesterday. The martial arts of the three of them were all ruined by Young Master Biao. They were even poisoned before... But Young Master Biao gave them the antidote when they left. The specific conditions are not clear to me. I just know that the cousin gave them two hundred thousand taels of silver, and they swore not to reveal the identity of the cousin, and that the cousin would not pursue them anymore. "
"Their oath... can you believe it?" Qiu Yilan's mouth twitched, "Didn't my brother say it before? It's not like they never made an oath!"
Su He said: "If they don't leak it, my cousin won't embarrass them. If they leak it, my cousin can take action immediately. Queen Mother Gu may not be able to protect them all her life... Speaking of which, my maid doesn't know what to do." What good can you say about these three people? They betrayed Mr. Cousin, but they still believed in Mr. Cousin’s promise! "
"You're a loser... It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not!" Qiu Yilan thought to herself that maybe these three people were gone, to God knows where? Huangquan Road
But it turned out that she had underestimated Qiu Jinglan's integrity - because when she returned to the city the next day, she saw Mei Xue dressed up on the side of the road shortly after entering the city - although Mei Xue was the only one, judging from her demeanor, Qiu Nie and the swing should be fine, and she also saw Qiu Jinglan riding a horse not far in front of the carriage, and saluted him through the crowd.
"Could it be that this Mei Xue was actually one of my brother's who went undercover at Qiu Nie Zhuoqian's place?" Qiu Yilan looked at the intact Mei Xue and couldn't help but murmured in her heart, "Qiu Nie and Zhuo Qian were tortured so miserably, why does she look like something? Nothing happened?”
She didn't know that Mei Xue turned around after saluting. Her previously respectful expression immediately turned to resentment, and her nails dug deeply into her flesh: "What a vicious Qiu Jinglan! You have ruined the martial arts of the three of us, for the sake of Ningyi County The Lord just threw 200,000 taels of silver notes to us, and he didn't give up! He actually tortured Nie Di and Qian'er to death, but he couldn't even move a finger on me. Why did he want me to have a fight with you and work hard for you? Many... This is clearly a plan to kill three people with two peaches - since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust! "
Mei Xue's thoughts changed and she caught a glimpse of Qiu Jinglan and his entourage disappearing at the corner of the street. She waved to the maid Xiaohong and gave her a few low-key instructions. The master and the servant walked into a bookstore not far away.
The decor of this shop is elegant and intimidating to ordinary people, so there are not many customers in the shop.
At this moment, there was a group of guards in bright clothes and fast horses standing guard in front of the door. They all had solemn expressions and their eyes were as bright as lightning. They stared back at several guests wearing silk ribbons and gold. However, this kind of scene naturally did not frighten Mei Xue. She walked in without even glancing at the guards. When she entered the door, she saw that apart from their master and servant, the guests only had two or three servants and a brocade-robed scholar picking out books. .
The man in the brocade robe has broad eyebrows and slightly dark skin, but he has quite an elegant look.
After Mei Xue glanced at him casually, she walked towards a row of ancient books, but at this glance, she could see clearly that there was a mole on the scholar's left earlobe. She felt relieved: "Fortunately, Qiu Jinglan asked me to pay attention to Kuang Qingwu's appearance and arrival date in Beijing... Otherwise, I would have returned to the city two days earlier than their brothers and sisters, and I would have to take care of Brother Nie and Qian'er. Really It’s hard to find out the whereabouts of this prince.”
After confirming that the brocade-robed scholar was Kuang Qingwu, the eldest son of Zhang Guogong, she did not go up to greet him or even look at him again. Instead, she took Xiaohong to the ancient bookshelf to pick out.
"Miss, why do you want to buy ancient books again? Hasn't the young master already entered the Hanlin Academy?" After Xiaohong saw her standing still, she began to whisper according to the plan, "These books are so expensive! They are enough for you and the third lady. So many clothes!”
"These are not for my little brother, but for Princess Ningyi." Mei Xue looked at those expensive classics with "concentration" and lowered her voice, "The boudoir school in Xihe Prince's Mansion will be opening soon, can you Do you want to give Princess Ning Yi a gift? She has a noble status, is so beautiful, and has a brother Ruan Hanlin who loves her sister so much. I can’t afford the clothes and jewelry. After thinking about it, I decided to buy it. A few books cost less.”
Xiao Hong glanced at the bookshelf and said, "But Ruan Hanlin has just escorted Princess Ning Yi back to the capital. Just before we came in, we saw that they seemed to be returning to the Xihe Palace first... If we go to give gifts now, are we in a hurry?"
"Who said we're going to give them away today?" Mei Xue said, "Let's go out and buy the things now... I'll let Qian'er go and give them away later. She's getting older and it's time to learn how to deal with people... Just these two books." Finally. The two sentences were to greet the clerk in the bookstore to come over.
... After they paid and left, Kuang Qingwu thoughtfully asked the shopkeeper who was entertaining him attentively: "Do you know about those two female relatives just now?"
"That's Qiu Hanlin's eldest sister." Kuang Qingwu traveled a long distance, so he only brought the books he often read. Today he went to this bookstore to buy the rest. Such a big customer, even if he is not the heir apparent to the shopkeeper, She was willing to give him face, "It is said that in order for Qiu Hanlin to concentrate on her studies, she delayed all her life-long events. She is used to taking care of things inside and out, and it is normal for her to show off..."
The shopkeeper just said that the prince was surprised that since Mei Xue was a daughter of an official family, why didn't she cover her appearance when she came out? But Kuang Qingwu narrowed his eyes and thought: "Qiu Hanlin Qiuni? I heard that he is very close to Ruan Qingyan... Hehe, Ruan Qingyan, I wonder when he will admit that he is Qiu Jinglan?"
After thinking for a while, he put down the book in his hand and said to the shopkeeper: "Send these to Duke Zhang's Mansion. Someone will settle the bill with you there... If you miss any books, come back and buy them later."
The shopkeeper thanked him without hesitation and complimented him for being so eager to learn, so he must be the top scorer in Badou High School. Kuang Qingwu ignored him and led the people out of the door directly, saying: "Go to the vicinity of Xihe Prince's Mansion!"