In the wing of Yuebin Building, Duke Ming suddenly woke up from a drunken dream. He opened his eyes and moved his body, only to find that he was lying on the table.
He just... fell asleep
It was already dark outside, and the beauty in the house was gone.
He stood up abruptly, but fell down with a tingling sound in his legs.
Jin Yiwei outside heard the movement in the house and rushed in.
"The king!"
Several people saluted together.
The leader stepped forward and helped the Duke of Ming Dynasty up.
The Prince of Ming Dynasty fell painfully, and his head also burst in pain.
"What's wrong with me?" He held his forehead and asked with split eyes.
Jin Yiwei helped him sit back on the stool.
"No, no, my butt hurts." Sitting on the wooden bench all afternoon, the iron butt couldn't stand it, not to mention that he was not an iron butt.
There was no bed here for him to lie down, so Jin Yiwei, headed by him, had to call a companion to drive him one by one.
Although this is not uncomfortable, at least the butt doesn't have to suffer.
"Where is Miss Gu, Gu?" Prince Ming asked, holding his head that was about to crack.
Jin Yiwei, headed by him, replied, "After the prince was drunk, Miss Gu left."
"What? You just let her go?"
"The prince... You didn't tell her to stay."
Wasn't it because I thought she wouldn't go? Are your heads all made of wood
The king of Ming Jun choked.
Really, it was a good time to be drunk.
The Duke of Ming Dynasty wanted to blame the beauty, but thinking of the beauty's always cold temperament, he felt that he was drunk and left the family there, which caused the people to leave in anger.
"You agreed to send me a painting?"
"Prince King, is that this?" A Jin Yiwei picked up a... er... paper on the table
Generally speaking, paintings that are given to the Prince of Ming Dynasty have to be mounted on a scroll, but this is really just a piece of paper, and it is still a little wrinkled, I don't know what happened.
The King of Ming Dynasty asked someone to draw it.
He stared at it, but couldn't close his mouth.
What is this, all this mess
Are beautiful women's paintings at this level
How did this come about
Too…
Forget it, he didn't like her because she could draw.
Her beauty is what really impressed me.
If you don't know how to draw, then you won't know how to draw. It's a big deal to teach her in the future.
Yes, that's right, he can take the opportunity of teaching the beauty to paint and invite the beauty again, I believe she will not refuse.
The thought flashed, and the haze in Duke Ming's heart was swept away, and he instantly became refreshed.
Just as the Prince of Ming Jun was happily collecting the beautiful paintings, the driver suddenly came up and reported at the door: "Prince Prince, something happened to Han Shizi!"
…
In a clean courtyard of the Han family, the maids came out of the main room with basins of blood.
Han Shizi was hurt so badly that it took the doctor half an hour just to clean up the wound for him.
Fortunately, he has deep internal strength and did not hurt the foundation, but it is also very humiliating.
He sat on the chair with a cold expression, Han Yong sighed and stood by.
"Let you go to bed for a while." Han Yong said.
"No." Han Shizi said with a shirtless face, clutching his chest and gritted his teeth.
Han Yong sighed, "Why are you stubborn? You have to lie down if you are injured."
Han Shizi's eyes were cold: "I said no."
The second uncle of the Han family stopped arguing with him on this topic, but asked, "Who did it? To hurt you like this?"
Han Shizi's martial arts are absolutely invincible among his peers in Shengdu, and those older guys who are older than him will not easily attack a junior.
Han Shizi recalled the masked boy he saw on the roof, and he also felt very strange.
If Shengdu had such a young master, he could not have heard of it.
However, the opponent did not rely on martial arts to defeat him.
It's scheming and black powder.
He first used countless hidden weapons at him, making him think that all the hidden weapons on him were hidden weapons, so he did not choose to avoid when the other party threw the black powder.
Han Shizi recalled: "He used black powder."
Han Yong suddenly realized: "It turns out to be black gunpowder, no wonder it can hurt you... Wait, black gunpowder? Isn't black gunpowder something that is only available in the National Teacher's Hall?"
Han Shizi shook his head: "Black powder was invented by the National Teacher's Hall, but it has been put into military use, and the family can also get it."
Han Yong pondered for a moment, then said, "Black powder is strictly controlled, it's not easy to get it."
This point, Han Shizi did not deny: "The black gunpowder added Mongolian sweat medicine, and what did he use on me in the end, not the Mongolian sweat medicine, but it made me unable to move."
Han Yong pondered, "Black gunpowder... an unknown poison... Could it really be the work of the National Teacher's Hall?"
Han Shizi said: "I have no grievances or hatred with the National Teacher Hall, why does the National Teacher Hall deal with me?"
Han Yong nodded: "That's true." The National Teacher Hall does not collude with any forces, nor does it conflict with any forces. To be precise, no family dares to conflict with the National Teacher Hall, and the National Teacher Hall naturally disdains to be embarrassed. any family.
Han Shizi asked the servant at the door: "Where's the prince? Haven't you arrived yet?"
As soon as the voice fell, the Prince of Ming Dynasty arrived.
Han Yong bowed his hands to the Duke of Ming Dynasty. Han Yong was the concubine of the Han family, and his status was incomparable with the direct line.
The Duke of Ming County nodded slightly, his attitude towards Han Yong was naturally different from that towards Han Shizi.
"You all go down, second uncle, you stay."
The servants stepped back one by one and closed the door, leaving only the three of them in the room.
Prince Ming looked at Han Shizi, who was covered in bruises. Although he heard that he was injured on the way here, he was still shocked when he saw it: "Cousin, who hurt you like this?"
Han Shizi didn't answer his words, but instead asked: "Let me ask you, who are you going to see today?"
"Ah?" Duke Ming was taken aback.
Han Shizi said solemnly: "Are you honestly explaining it yourself, or I will arrest your maid."
Ming Jun Wang's pupils shrank!
Cousin, cousin actually saw that maid
Han Shizi snorted coldly: "Or, I will report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and ask him to ask you in person."
The Duke of Ming County begged: "Cousin! Don't tell my father! If my father knew... he would kill me."
The prince disciplined the King of Ming Jun extremely strictly, and did not allow him to do anything humiliating, otherwise he would not hide his identity and refuse to reveal his identity to the beauty.
Han Shizi said: "If you don't want me to go to the prince, you can tell me honestly, who did you go to see today? What did you do?"
Ming Jun Wang reluctantly explained his journey to see the beauty: "...Cousin, you promised me, you must not let my father know!"
Han Shizi said indifferently: "Come here, send the Prince of Ming County back to the mansion!"
"Yes!"
After Duke Ming left, Han Shizi closed his eyes angrily: "What do you think of the second uncle?"
Han Yong said: "The student of Canglan Women's Academy must have something to do with this matter. She deliberately led Ming Jun Wang and the six Jinyi guards around him away."
Han Shizi said with deep eyes: "Since the second uncle also thinks, it is necessary to check this person."
…
The moon was dark and the wind was high, and in a certain dormitory in Linglong Pavilion of Canglan Women's Academy, Xiao Qingkong had already fallen asleep on the soft bed.
He opened his mouth and snored evenly.
Xiao Heng called Xiao Jiu and let it guard the small clearance.
Afterwards, he went to the doorman to say hello again, and gave the doorkeeper a tael of silver to let her sit in his house.
The small headroom usually doesn't wake up, but in case it wakes up halfway, it's always good to have someone.
It's one thing if he doesn't have an accident, it's another thing if he's not afraid.
After doing this, Xiao Heng sneaked out of the academy wearing a cloak, the cap and veil of the cloak.
On a big tree, a man in black winked at his companion: "Go! Keep up!"
Xiao Heng's carriage stopped in front of a pawnshop on Huayang Street.
Xiao Heng got off the carriage.
The guy at the pawnshop was closing the door and said, "We're closing, come back tomorrow!"
Xiao Heng took out a written piece of paper and handed it to him.
-I want to see your shopkeeper.
The guy was slightly stunned when he saw this sentence, and then looked at each other carefully.
Xiao Heng wears a veil, but it does not affect his unique beauty. Some people can turn all living beings upside down with just a pair of eyebrows.
The man swallowed his saliva, and saw that under Xiao Heng's black cloak there was a little bit of Canglan Women's College uniforms, he said in a daze, "You, wait a moment."
The guy ran in.
Inside came the sound of his conversation with the shopkeeper.
"Who is it so late?"
"One, a girl, she specified that she wants to see you. She seems to be very powerful and has a strong aura."
The guy trotted out with a smile and said to Xiao Heng, "Please!"
…
Han Shizi had his own intelligence network, so the people he sent out would not be bad, except when he followed Gu Jiao when he went wrong.
"Sir, Sun Feng and Zheng Hai are back."
The guard outside the door reported.
"Let them in." Han Shizi said.
Han Yong took a sip of tea.
The two entered.
Sun Feng reported: "Sir, my subordinates have inquired about it. The student surnamed Gu is from Zhao State."
Han Yong was surprised, laughed, and said, "It's from Zhao State again, isn't that Xiao Liulang also from Zhao State? Could they have something to do with each other?"
"It's hard to say." Han Shizi continued to ask Sun Feng and the two, "What else?"
Sun Feng replied: "Also, we followed her and found that she went to a pawnshop in Huayang."
Han Shizi asked, "There are several pawnshops on Huayang Street. Which one did she go to?"
Sun Feng hurriedly said, "Gui Rentang."
Han Yong took a weak breath, touched his chin and asked, "Is it the one that used to be a pharmacy, but was later turned into a pawnshop?"
Han Shizi narrowed his eyes: "That's right."
Han Yong said inexplicably: "Wait, we checked that shop before, what is the name of the shopkeeper there... Wang Fugui! Yes, that's the name! Isn't he the eyeliner of His Royal Highness?"
Han Shizi said: "It is also the eyeliner of the Nangong family. Guirentang is a contact point for the Nangong family to collect information."
Han Yong smiled sarcastically: "This king is rich and rich. He is both a prince and a member of the Nangong family, so he won't be afraid of capsize?"
Although the Nangong family belonged to the prince's camp, the prince would probably not like the person who the Nangong family bribed him to do as eyeliner.
"You know, why didn't you tell the prince?" Han Yong asked his nephew.
Han Shizi said, "So what if I told you? Instead of letting someone from the Nangong family buy it off, it's better to just let this Wang Fugui at least keep my eye on it."
Han Yong smiled: "It makes sense."
Han Shizi looked at Sun Feng: "Did she go to the pawn shop to find Wang Fugui?"
Sun Feng replied respectfully: "Yes, she waited until the pawnshop was about to close, and met Wang Fugui directly. They didn't understand what their subordinates talked about. She was a mute! She used to write!"
They followed so many people, and for the first time they encountered an inaudible situation.
As for Wang Fugui, he also wrote it.
Han Yong said, "She chose to go there when there were no customers during the closing hours, which is very suspicious in itself. It seems that this matter has nothing to do with the Nangong family."
Although the Nangong family and the Han family belonged to the prince's camp, the family was never in harmony, and everyone wanted to be the first hero of the prince's subordinates.
The Han family has the advantage in blood, and the Nangong family has the advantage in military power.
Han Yong said: "They not only humiliated you, the prince, but also put their ideas on the head of Ming Junwang. If Ming Junwang is really confused by that woman who came down to the country, they will have a chance to cross the Han family."
Han Shizi frowned and said, "Second Uncle is very reasonable, but I always feel that something is wrong."
Han Yong said: "Don't think too much, you believe that Second Uncle, there will be no one except the Nangong family!"
…
When Xiao Heng came out of the pawnshop, it started to rain lightly.
The driver handed over an umbrella, Xiao Heng did not get into the carriage immediately, but went to a shop diagonally opposite to buy candied haws.
He was walking in the quiet rain holding an oil-paper umbrella, with pedestrians passing by from time to time.
His veil was gently blown up by the night wind, revealing an astonishing face.
In a restaurant on the side of the street, there were two people sitting near the window, a white-clothed folding fan boy and a gray-clothed sword guard.
If Gu Jiao were here, they would definitely recognize that they were the ones who bought the small-groom gold abacus.
Xiao Jingkong sold her most beloved Xiao Jin, so she had the money to buy a wedding dress for Gu Jiao.
The gray-clothed guard said in surprise, "Young Master, isn't he the champion of Zhao Kingdom? Look at his face!"
Young Master Mingyue shook the folding fan in his hand and said with a half-smile, "So what if it is, what if it is not?"
The gray-clothed guard thought for a while and said, "He just let those two people follow him on purpose, what does he want to do?"
Young Master Mingyue smiled and said, "What he wants to do has nothing to do with us, we just need to keep an eye on the little monk beside him."
The gray-clothed guard wondered: "Speaking of which, we have been watching for half a year, and we haven't seen that person appear. Does he not want his apprentice?"
"Don't want your own apprentice?" Young Master Mingyue glanced at Xiao Heng who was holding an umbrella in the rain and said with a sneer, "Then who do you think gave them the entrance documents?"
The gray-clothed guard scratched his head: "Who is it? Ah, what does the young master mean... is it given by that person?"
Young Master Mingyue said with a smile: "I'm really curious now, what did he want to do by bringing this bunch of people to Yan Kingdom?"
…
After a few hot days it finally rained.
The Prince of Ming County braved the pattering rain to return to the mansion, and went to greet his father as usual.
Although it was getting late, but he came from the Han family, as long as he said that he had been with his cousin, the father would not blame him.
As soon as he arrived at the door of the Prince's study, he was stopped by the guards who were guarding him.
"The prince, the prince is discussing important matters with others, please come back tomorrow."
"Then you remember to tell your father, I'm here to greet him."
"Subordinates will."
Prince Ming didn't dare to eavesdrop on his father's corner, so he left with an umbrella.
In the study, the prince sat upright on the official hat chair behind the desk.
In front of him is a very high-level Jin Yiwei.
Jin Yiwei had just finished reporting the news that he had heard back.
The prince's hand on the armrest slammed into his hands, and he said solemnly, "What did you say? The princess is coming back?"
Jin Yiwei said: "Yes, the monarch's oral edict has been sent to the imperial mausoleum."
The prince thought thoughtfully: "Did you finally decide to execute her or plan to pardon her?"
Jin Yiwei said: "My subordinates don't know, there is no mention of this matter in the oral statement."
The prince loosened his fist and rubbed the armrest of the chair: "I can't let the princess come back."
Jin Yiwei looked at the prince hesitantly: "His Royal Highness means..."
The prince said coldly, "Kill the wife!"
…
Xiao Heng bought the last bunch of candied haws in the shop.
Not bad luck.
It seems that since he used Gu Jiao's identity, his bad luck has been much less.
You can pick up money on the road and avoid bad things.
but why…
His mood suddenly became strange
Xiao Heng held an umbrella and looked up at the flying rain.
Is it because of the rain
His heart suddenly felt a little melancholy.
(End of this chapter)