In the study room of the Hou Mansion, Xiao Mubai and Lord Hou each suppressed the pity in their hearts. However, they were still strategizing about the situation, but they suffered for those who still knew nothing about it...
For example, Zhao Xingwen in General Zhao's mansion is currently threatening Gu Shirou with a hunger strike to let him out.
Gu Shirou looked at the food on the table, then looked at Zhao Xingwen's determined look and sighed: "What can you do if you go out? Chase him with the guards in the house and bring him back blatantly?"
Zhao Xingwen tilted his head and showed a so-so attitude.
Gu Shirou rubbed her temples with a headache, looking helpless: "Then you have to eat well before you have the strength to chase, right?"
Zhao Xingwen's eyes lit up and he looked at Gu Shirou. Seeing her nodding affirmatively, he immediately started to eat rice.
"You have to eat so much that not a drop is left." Gu Shirou said lightly.
Zhao Xingwen paused for a moment, then took a big mouthful of food, and then stood up and bowed to leave.
Gu Shirou also stood up with him, and told the guard outside the door in a gentle voice: "Tie him up and throw him back."
Zhao Xingwen turned to look at her in disbelief. Two guards had already entered outside the door. Following the order, they tied him up and carried him back to the bed.
Zhao Xingwen shouted at Gu Shirou's back: "Mom, why do you keep your word? You have taught me since I was a child to keep my word!"
Gu Shirou stood at the door and turned to smile at him: "Mom said that you would have the strength to chase after you were full, but she didn't say that you should chase, so why didn't you keep your words? It was obviously you, but you misunderstood. "
Zhao Xingwen's pupils suddenly narrowed: "Mom, I am still not your biological child, why are you trying to trick me?"
Gu Shirou walked out the door and snorted coldly: "If it wasn't your own, who would have stopped you from going to die."
Zhao Xingwen's face was startled, and when he saw that only a piece of clothes was left on her back, he quickly shouted: "Mom, that's my cousin, you can't watch him die..."
Gu Shirou's back had disappeared, and after a moment, only one sentence floated into Zhao Xingwen's ears.
"Gag his mouth..."
Zhao Xingwen's eyes widened, but he was already tied up. He could only watch helplessly as the guard approached him with a piece of cloth, pinched his mouth, and stuffed the piece of cloth inside.
After the guard finished stuffing, he bowed respectfully: "General Zhao, I'm offended..."
Zhao Xingwen cursed in his heart, but other than whimpering, he could no longer make any sound...
At this time, Xu Wenlan, who was in the Xu Mansion, was in a slightly better situation than him, although he was also locked in the room. At least Xu Wanjun was not as tough as Gu Shirou, and he just kept Xu Wenlan under house arrest.
Xu Wenlan did not go on a hunger strike like Zhao Xingwen. After all, escaping required strength.
It's just that the methods he used to escape in the past, such as urinary escape, pretending to be sick, the bitter meat trick, etc...
All in all, all in all, for some reason today, none of them are of use.
Only then did he realize that in the past, he had made those smart people go out to meet beauties at night, make friends and drink, but Xu Wanjun just turned a blind eye...
Until today, he was completely trapped in the room, unable to leave even an inch.
This time, even his mother knew the seriousness of the matter and ignored his prayers. She even stood outside the door and asked him: "Do you still want a wife? Do you want to bring trouble to the Hou Mansion and be accused of treason?" ?Are you going to drag Xu Mansion into the water with you?"
This series of questions left Xu Wenlan unable to say a word.
He has always prided himself on being romantic and suave, and has been doing this for nineteen years.
At this moment, a feeling of powerlessness suddenly arose in my heart.
He was so excited that a fighting spirit that he had never experienced before sprouted in his heart. He seemed to suddenly understand why Xiao Mubai abandoned literature and joined martial arts after he was thirteen years old.
It turns out that I hold power just so that I can be able to solve the situation at this moment...
Therefore, when Xu Wanjun came back, he was quite surprised to find Xu Wenlan staying quietly in his room reading a book. He thought he had some new idea in his mind and wanted to play some trick.
But after pushing the door open and taking a look, I discovered that he was actually reading a book seriously, and he was reading about the ways of governing the country and the history of government assistance.
Moreover, all the books he had read were marked with annotations. When he saw him coming in, he looked at him with a solemn expression and asked him about the current situation in the court.
Xu Wanjun was really panicked. He thought about how Xu Wenlan would act like a fool after returning home, but he never expected that he would look like he was studying hard and working tirelessly...
He walked forward and touched Xu Wenlan's head when he raised his head to ask, wondering if he had a fever...
At this time, Xiao Zimu, who was knocked unconscious by Xin Ya in the Yongning Palace, also woke up from his drowsiness. When he opened his eyes at first, he was still in a daze, and then suddenly figured out why he was lying on the bed and yelled. A cry: "Xin Ya!"
Xin Ya heard the sound and pushed open the door. Xiao Zimu looked at him with a startled look on his face.
There was heavy snow outside, but Xin Ya was bare-armed and carrying a cane. He didn't know whether he was cold or afraid, but he was shivering...
After entering the house, he knelt down with a plop, as if he was asking for forgiveness.
"I'll take care of you when I get back." Xiao Zimu twitched the corner of his mouth, got up and got out of bed and started dressing.
Xin Ya knelt forward and said: "Your Highness, the young master has left. There is no use for you to leave the palace now."
Xiao Zimu's eyes dimmed, but he never stopped getting dressed: "The prison car moves slowly, but I can still catch up if I drive faster."
Xin Ya made a sad face: "What if I catch up with him? Does His Highness want to run away with him?"
Xiao Zimu put on his outer robe with a calm expression and looked around for his sword: "That's not a bad idea."
Xin Ya was really panicked and grabbed his ankle: "Your Highness, the young master wants to run away with you? If he runs away, the entire Hou Mansion will be implicated."
Xiao Zimu knew that he was doing it for his own good and couldn't bear to kick him. He just sternly scolded: "Get out of the way. My father is thinking about his old feelings and will not do anything to the Marquis. The most important thing is that he can survive now."
Xin Ya gritted his teeth and began to make up the lie that he had been thinking about all day and night: "Your Highness, let me tell you the truth. On the day when the young master came to Yongning Palace to find you, you asked me to send him out of the palace, and he told me a secret on the way. "
Xiao Zimu really stopped and stood there looking at him suspiciously.
Xin Ya was worried, and then lied: "The young master had a plan for what happened today. He did it deliberately because he was afraid that you would be impulsive, so he told his subordinates so that I could stop you at this moment."
Xiao Zimu asked doubtfully: "Then why don't you tell me directly?"
Xin Ya thought about that night when he sent Xia Chu off the palace. Even if it’s bad, maybe it doesn’t need to be this bad…”
(End of chapter)