On this day, an uninvited guest came to Prince Rui's mansion.
The person wearing a long sword is majestic and majestic. At first glance, he can see that he is a person who is crawling and rolling on the battlefield. With a strong face and wind and frost, he stands upright at the gate of Prince Rui's mansion. It seems that the visitor is not good.
The guard at the gate stopped the burly man, but the man said, "Take me to see Prince Rui."
This person is very loud, but the people of Prince Rui's mansion are used to it, even the servants are a bit arrogant. He didn't take this person's tricks at all, but said respectfully: "There is no post, and His Highness does not see outsiders."
The big man was about to get angry when he saw a surprised voice from inside: "General Shen?" Looking up, it was Tie Yi striding forward. After walking in, he glared at the guard and said respectfully, "General Shen, this servant is ignorant and still looks at Haihan. This servant will take you to see His Highness."
The guard's eyes widened, probably because Fang wanted to understand who "General Shen" was, and then looked at the other party suspiciously, as if he did not expect the other party to come at this time.
Shen Xin held back his anger. These days he tossed and turned, and he couldn't sleep well whenever he thought about his suspicions a few days ago. I thought that with the passage of time, this matter would gradually be forgotten, but the longer I didn't expect it, the more difficult it was to let go.
Shen Xin is a person who does not like to mix things up, once he has any doubts and tiredness, he must make it clear, not to mention this is a life-long event related to Shen Miao, so he finally decided to come to Prince Rui's residence in person, no matter the outcome What is it, he always has to figure it out.
Who knew that when he first came, he met a guard who didn't have long eyes, which made his already uneasy heart even more unhappy.
Fortunately, Tie Yi is a sensible person. Seeing that Shen Xin seemed a little unhappy, he changed his mind to let him be happy. He only said that recently, Prince Rui's mansion has been busy with marriage matters, in order to make Shen Xin happy. Miao Feng was married, and she would not lose face in Ming Qi.
Shen Xin followed Tie Yi all the way, and as expected, as Tie Yi said, Prince Rui's mansion was decorated with lights up and down, inside and out. It's very heavy, it's always a comforting thing, and Shen Xin's heart is much more at ease.
When he arrived at the door of a house, Tie Yi stopped and said, "This subordinate cannot enter His Highness's study. Someone has already notified it before, so General Shen can go in directly."
Shen Xinxin thought that what he said to Prince Rui later on was very private, and of course he could not be heard by outsiders. It would be much more convenient if no one could enter the study. At the same time, there were some doubts in his heart. Prince Rui did not allow anyone to enter, but he let him in alone. Aren't you afraid that he would shoot him? However, when he turned around, it became clear that, with the skills that Prince Rui showed with Shen Qiu that day, he would not be forced to do nothing by himself.
Even though he thought about it a lot in his heart, Shen Xin's face was still calm, he answered and walked towards the door, only to see a fluffy white thing suddenly popping out of the door. He looked closely, but it was a hanging eye. The white tiger, but now the body is still small, about to grow up, screaming at him in a milky voice.
Shen Xin almost subconsciously swung his knife and chopped it down.
It was Tie Yi who immediately carried the white tiger away, and Shen Xin took a deep breath, pushed the door and walked in.
In the room, Prince Rui was sitting on a chair reading a book. His sitting posture was not very correct, he was lazy, and he flipped through the book casually, as if he was just looking at it casually, but he didn't take it seriously.
Shen Xin frowned: "Prince Rui?"
Unlike Luo Xueyan, although Prince Rui kindly asked everyone in the Shen family to call him "Jing Xing", Luo Xueyan did so, but Shen Xin could not pass this hurdle. Men are different from women. Women can rely on their own intuition to judge whether a person is friendly or malicious, but men cannot rely on intuition, especially Shen Xin, who prefers to do things based on evidence.
Prince Rui raised his eyes and put the book on the table, Shen Xin saw that it was a military book, or a very obscure military book. Only an ordinary veteran would read it. Prince Rui was only in his twenties now. To read such a book, either he was pretending, or he was hiding.
Before Prince Rui came to the door, in Shen Xin's eyes, Prince Rui was just an idle prince who was arrogant and arrogant because of the name Yongle Emperor's younger brother. , Shen Xin always felt that this person was not that simple.
Maybe it's a man's intuition.
"General Shen, let's play chess with me." He didn't call him "Master Shen" or any other affectionate title, but he always felt that it meant something different.
Shen Dao: "I don't know how to play chess."
"War chess." Prince Rui raised his hand and took the chessboard from the other side, put it on the table, gave Shen Xin a jar of white stones, and kept a jar of black stones for himself. Said: "General Shen and I take the board as the country, the chess path as the boundary, and the son as the soldier, how about a game?"
As soon as Shen Xin heard about the military affairs, he became excited, and seeing that the other party was only young, he felt displeased at being despised by others, and said, "Come here!"
The two placed their pieces and began to play chess.
Different from Prince Rui's appearance, Prince Rui's chess style surprised Shen Xin, and the other party was old and cruel. Originally, war chess is very easy to worry about, and every step must be thought carefully, and the whole body will be affected by one hair. But King Rui was playing chess, but he didn't seem to spend any extra time thinking about it. Instead, he played wherever he wanted, very casually. And the seemingly inadvertent move, after a serious look, it is found that the other party's place is very clever.
Shen Xin was used to playing chess well, but when compared with Prince Rui, he was often at a disadvantage. Shen Xin even had an illusion, as if he had already played chess with Prince Rui. Just know where his next chess piece is going to land
The game was over, and the outcome was naturally not unexpected, it was Shen Xin who lost.
Prince Rui said, "You lost."
Shen Xin waved his hand and said, "Come again!"
"It's the same again." Prince Rui said.
"What do you mean?" Shen Xin frowned.
"You lose," he said.
Shen Xin had lived such a long life, and Emperor Wen Hui had to give him enough face, except for Luo Xueyan, no one dared to speak to him like this, he immediately became angry, and was about to get angry when he saw Prince Rui lightly saying: "Shen Xin The general came to Prince Rui's mansion today, probably not to play chess." He raised his lips and asked, "What's the matter?"
Shen Xin's angry words were stuck in his throat.
Prince Rui always seemed to have a knack for provoking people's anger, and then he turned the conversation away without revealing a trace, as if he hadn't said anything just now. This kind of ability is really enough for a person, that is Xie Ding, the Marquis of Lin'an when he was young. Whenever Xie Ding and Shen Xin argued, he always looked like this cynical expression. Shen Xin has an honest personality, and whenever he is easy to be truthful, he is swayed by Xie Ding, a jerk.
Suddenly thinking of Xie Ding, and thinking of the purpose of coming to Prince Rui's mansion today, Shen Xin thought of this, and Prince Rui's anger was gone. He looked directly into Prince Rui's eyes, not letting off the change in Prince Rui's smile, and slowly asked, "When you were testing with Shen Qiu in the Shen residence before, where did you learn the trick of pressing the dagger against Shen Qiu's neck? of?"
Hearing this, Prince Rui smiled: "General Shen said that the dagger locks the throat? I made it so slow that I thought General Shen saw it clearly. What, do you need me to do it again for General Shen to see?"
Shen Xin was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly swayed, Prince Rui really did it on purpose!
He just said that the dagger lock throat that day seemed to be deliberately used slower, as if he was deliberately letting him see what move it was. Hearing Prince Rui's admission at this moment, Shen Xin couldn't tell what it was like, but he was more suspicious. He asked, "You know it's called a dagger lock throat, how did you learn it?"
"It will be a long time ago." Prince Rui said lazily, "Didn't you see General Shen before?"
Haven't you seen General Shen before
Shen Xin's brain "banged", as if thunder exploded in his heart, and every inch of his whole body could not help shaking.
Many years ago, on the streets of Ming Qi, he had inadvertently met the prince of the Marquis of Lin'an, Xie Ding's son who used this trick to others, and he thought at that time that Xie Jingxing's trick was much more powerful than his father's. .
Now Prince Rui said, "Didn't you see General Shen before?"
Prince Rui had never been to Ming Qi before! Shen Xin had never seen anyone use this trick before!
There was a storm in Shen Xin's heart. At this time, he was at a loss for a moment. He didn't know whether he should show surprise or horror, but the other side of his heart was calm, and he couldn't sleep at night these days. His tossing and turning was confirmed at this moment, and his suspicions were right.
He asked, "Are you Xie Jing Xing?"
Prince Rui took off the mask directly.
Shen Xin took a deep breath.
The relationship between the Shen family and the Marquis of Lin'an was inherently bad, but because of this, Shen Xin also knew the Marquis of Lin'an best. Xie Ding gave birth to a son who seemed to be born to overcome him, Shen Xin once expressed great relief, but he secretly admired Xie Jing Xing, feeling that although this young man was a bit stubborn, he had a kind of frankness and freedom that Dingjing’s noble sons did not have. .
Therefore, Shen Xin clearly remembered Xie Jing Xing's appearance.
The person in front of him now looks more mature and handsome, but there is still a shadow of the past between his brows and eyes, which Shen Xin understood at that moment. Some of the things that bothered my heart before seemed to finally have an answer.
He said, "What's going on here? Should you explain?"
His tone was like that of an elder chasing the younger generation, and even Shen Xin had an absurd delusion at this time, as if he was helping Xie Ding to educate his son
Xie Jing Xing smiled slightly, poured a cup of tea for Shen Xin and said, "Father-in-law drink tea and listen slowly."
For the next half an hour, Shen Xin heard a shocking secret from Xie Jing Xing's mouth that he had never thought of.
Shen Xin never imagined that Xie Jing Xing was the Prince of Great Liang, with such a bizarre and rough life experience, and he never thought that Xie Jing Xing was so daring to become Prince Rui of Great Liang, and he dared to come to Ming Qi so arrogantly, he was not afraid of once his identity What kind of trouble will it bring to you if you are exposed
After listening to Xie Jing Xing's remarks, Shen Xinxin was filled with anger, anger, regret, hesitation, all kinds of complex emotions intertwined, but he still understood what decision he should make at this time as quickly as possible. He said, "Since you have this status, Jiaojiao can't marry you!"
“Why?” Xie Jing Xing asked.
"Your purpose is definitely not just to pay tribute to Ming Qi," Shen Xin's words were ruthlessly sharp, he said, "Great Liang's ambitions will not stop there, one day, Great Liang's ambition will not stop there. You will take action against Ming Qi. At that time, you and we will always fight against each other. If Jiaojiao marries you, how will you let her handle herself? Do you want her to have a hard time deciding between you and Ming Qi? Even if I resist the decree No matter if I think of other ways, I won't make Jiaojiao so embarrassed!"
“Father-in-law is worrying too much.” Xie Jing Xing smiled indifferently, “She knows my identity and she understands the situation she is facing better than you. Perhaps, you should think about the relationship between the Shen family and Ming Qi. ."
Hearing that there was something in his words, Shen Xin frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Xie Jing Xing snapped his fingers and his eyes fell on the chess game that was played just now. The remaining pieces on the chess game, Shen Xin's white pieces were almost eaten up, but Xie Jing Xing's black pieces were still full of pieces. . Shen Xin lost miserably, and this chess game didn't seem too intense. Xie Jingxing said, "The game I played with my father-in-law just now was played by me as the Ming Qi royal family with my father-in-law. My father-in-law didn't find anything?"
Shen Xin suddenly raised his head and said angrily, "Nonsense!"
“Whether it’s nonsense, you and I both know it.” Xie Jing Xing suddenly faded the smile from his face, his lazy expression was immediately put away, and replaced it with a bit of sharpness that was almost mean: “What is Ming Qi’s attitude towards the Shen family? I don’t believe that my father-in-law didn’t see one or two before, in fact, if it wasn’t for Shen Miao’s secret dealings, the Shen family would not be able to protect themselves as they are now. I am not a Bodhisattva-hearted person, but I don’t want to see Shen Miao alone. People protect your Shen family, but you don't know anything, she is a bad person, just a little girl, I don't want to."
The beard around Shen Xinqi's lips was straight, but he still grasped the key point in Xie Jing Xing's words and asked, "What's wrong with Jiaojiao? What did you mean just now, explain to me clearly!"
"Father-in-law and mother-in-law are stationed in the northwest all day long, and they have the world in their hearts. Naturally, they are too busy to take care of Shen Jiaojiao, but I know by luck. What do you think the second and third bedrooms of the Shen family are good things, when you hooked up with Prince Yu and thought Send Shen Miao to Prince Yu’s bed and incense on Shen Miao at Wolong Temple. How did Shen Yuan die? How did Ren Wan Yun go crazy? What happened to Shen Gui and Shen Wan? Forget it. The Ming Qi royal family has never cared about your head."
"Do you think that when you retreated to Xiaochun City, who was involved in it? Su Yu of the Su family suddenly came forward, and it was just a coincidence that the emperor opened the door with a crooked attack? Is it really a blessing from God that the Shen family retreats every time?"
He looked at Shen Xin's stiff expression and said sarcastically, "Father-in-law returned to court two years ago, it was the birthday of old lady Shen, the Shen family ancestral hall was set on fire, but Shen Miao set it on fire herself? It was for you to recognize Shen. The family's ambition? She used her own life to warn and comfort her, General Shen, do you dare to say that you can still keep her safe?"
Shen Xin was struck by lightning.
These things happened one after another since he and Luo Xueyan returned to the Ding capital. He also suspected that something was wrong, but every time he checked the back, he couldn't find the reason. Afterwards, there were many matters in the Ministry of War, and he did not Too much time entangled in it, it will be forgotten.
Shen Miao did not mention it, and Shen Xin ignored it, now hearing the whole story of these good things from Xie Jing Xing's mouth, Shen Xin could not tell whether he was shocked or angry, and he was speechless.
“The second and third bedrooms of the Shen family have reached the point where they are all planned by Shen Miao, so General Shen should not blame her for being cruel, if it wasn’t for her, then the grass on the grave would be more than ten feet tall.” Xie Jing Xing said sarcastically, his eyes But the sharper it became, it was almost breathless, he said, "Father-in-law may be a good general to the people of the world, but I think it is not for Shen Miao. I don't know why she should take care of these matters alone. It is as if I owe the Shen family. But in my opinion, General Shen is not a good father, but the Shen family is very lucky to have raised Shen Miao as a daughter.”
“She is taking care of you, trying every means to keep the Shen family, Ming Qi’s royal family is also someone she will deal with in the future, General Shen now says that Shen Miao will be embarrassed for this, I don’t understand,” he said coldly and mockingly: "Do you really understand Shen Miao?"
Shen Xin sat on the chair, but at this moment he suddenly felt shameless.
"On the contrary, although the friendship between Shen Jiaojiao and I is not very deep, we have been through thick and thin together. We have heard people's good nights together, and we have made suggestions at night. I have saved her life and rescued her from distress. "Xie Jing Xing said, "Why can't I marry her?"
In Shen Xin's heart, an infinite exhaustion suddenly appeared. The Shen Miao in Xie Jing Xing's mouth was something he was not familiar with, unfamiliar. Along with those things that Shen Miao experienced, he was completely unaware of it. Just as Xie Jing Xing said, he believed that he loved his daughter very much, but he couldn't even get to know her at first. What has he done all these years
He looked at the remaining chess game on the table for a long time, and watched it for a long time, until his eyes started to get sore, and then he said softly: "Tell me all about it."
"You know, tell me everything about Jiaojiao."
…
When Pei Lang woke up, he was in a strange place. There are many well-dressed maids around to serve him and drink medicine. Pei Lang's memories of before he fell unconscious were only in the dungeon of Prince Ding's mansion, and a masked man in black had rescued him from the fire. Maybe it saved him, because he's still alive now.
He didn't know who the person who saved him was or why he wanted to save him. I asked the maids around him who came to serve him and drink medicine, only to know that this is Prince Rui's mansion.
Pei Lang faintly sensed that there might be some friendship between Shen Miao and Prince Rui, but he did not know which step the two had reached. He thought that Prince Rui would not take him for no reason, if he took him in, it would definitely be because of Shen Miao. Shen Miao did not give up on herself, when she thought of this, Pei Lang's heart moved slightly.
It seemed that what he insisted on was worth it at this moment, even though Pei Lang didn't understand where his inexplicable thoughts came from.
Just thinking about it, the door of the house was opened, and a young man walked in from the outside, carrying a medicine box, and sat down in front of him, as if to take his pulse.
Pei Lang didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that it was the doctor that Prince Rui's mansion invited him. When he saw the doctor's appearance clearly, he was stunned for a moment and then called out, "Doctor Gao!"
He moved too much, involving the wound on his body, and he couldn't help but gasp with a "hiss". Gao Yang hurriedly held down his wound and said, "Don't be so surprised, be careful to pull the wound."
Pei Lang looked at Gao Yang with many thoughts tumbling in his heart. Gao Yang is the youngest imperial physician in the Imperial Hospital, and he is said to be highly skilled in medicine, but in fact no one can tell. However, the royal family loves this young imperial doctor very much, probably because he is very good at speaking, and often makes Emperor Wenhui happy, and because he is born handsome, in the eyes of the concubines, he is worse than the imperial hospital. The old man looked much more pleasing to the eye.
Since he was the imperial physician in the palace, he would not treat people outside the palace for no reason, let alone Prince Rui's mansion. Pei Lang's first thought was that Prince Rui had borrowed Gao Yang from Emperor Wen Hui for him, but this thought was quickly denied by Pei Lang. Although the highly skilled doctor in Dingjing cherished it, Gao Yang was not the only one. There was no need for Prince Rui to ask Gao Yang to come to disturb the royal family.
Then the second possibility is that Gao Yang and Prince Rui have some friendship in private.
This may be really shocking, he raised his eyes to look at Gao Yang, his eyes were a little suspicious, but he said with a gentle smile: "Why is Imperial Doctor Gao here?"
While taking Pei Lang's pulse, Gao Yang said, "Duke Rui called me over to see you, and I'll come over." After checking his pulse, he said, "It's almost stabilized. Leg torture, your legs are injured, I have to give you acupuncture, otherwise your legs will be useless in a short time."
Pei Lang was stunned, Fu Xiu Yi attacked him extremely ruthlessly, it seemed that he hated the person who betrayed him very much, although he didn't kill him, he probably didn't want to keep him. Therefore, he didn't care much about his limbs. In fact, if someone hadn't rescued him from the fire, according to Fu Xiu Yi's words, his kneecap would have been dug out in the next few days.
Hearing Gao Yang's words at this moment, Pei Lang had always been calm, and he couldn't help but feel the rest of his life in his heart.
"Fu Xiu Yi is really ruthless," Gao Yang took out a row of golden needles from the medical box and asked Gao Yang to do it. He rolled up his trousers and began to give him the needles slowly, while saying, "It doesn't show that he is so heartfelt from the outside. ruthless."
Pei Lang's heart moved, whether Gao Yang was a minister of Ming Qi, or an imperial physician who only treated the imperial family, but he even called King Ding by his name. Not only that, but when he mentioned Fu Xiu Yi, there was not a trace of respect in his tone, as if he was commenting on a certain an irrelevant person. With an identity like Yu Gaoyang, not only was he not cautious, but on the contrary... It was really strange.
Without raising his head, Gao Yang concentrated on giving Pei Lang the needle, and suddenly said, "Are you trying to ask, what kind of friendship do I have with Prince Rui?"
Pei Lang paused for a while, then smiled, "Doctor Gao, would you like to tell me?"
"To tell you the truth, I am Prince Rui's man." Gao Yang said.
This time, it was Pei Lang who didn't say anything. He was surprised by Gao Yang's identity, but what surprised him most was that Gao Yang told him this secret so unabashedly. What is Gao Yang now, a spy sent by Great Liang to Ming Qi? What is the purpose of lurking in the Ming Qi royal family, poisoning Emperor Wen Hui
Or was he simply bought off by Prince Rui and turned against him
"Are you surprised, why did I tell you such a big secret?" Gao Yang continued as if he could guess what Pei Lang was thinking.
"Not bad." Pei Lang said frankly, "I really don't understand."
"What's so difficult about this?" Gao Yang smiled, "There was a big fire in Prince Ding's mansion, and after the fire was extinguished, Fu Xiu Yi would send someone to look for your bones, but if you couldn't find your bones, Fu Xiu Yi was not a fool, he would know that someone saved you. He set fire to his dungeon. This account, Fu Xiu Yi, will naturally be charged to you. If you provoke Prince Ding’s mansion, only Prince Rui’s mansion in Ming Qi can protect you. Whether you like it or not, you will be tied to Prince Rui’s mansion. Together, since that’s the case, we’re all our own, what secrets can’t we tell?” Gao Yang raised his head and smiled at Pei Lang, “We are all grasshoppers on the same boat?”
Pei Lang was forcibly tied together without knowing what happened, and he said "grasshoppers on a boat". However, he quickly grasped the key point in Gao Yang's words, he said, "You set the fire in Prince Ding's mansion?"
Gao Yang: "Of course."
Pei Lang gasped, the dungeon was the most important place in the entire Ding Palace, and the people locked in it were also very useful to Fu Xiu Yi. If someone burned them clean, Pei Lang could guess what Fu Xiu Yi thought. Furious. There were still people in the world who dared to do this. Gao Yang was right. In the entire Ding capital, Fu Xiuyi was the only one who could make Fu Xiuyi jealous, and only Prince Rui's mansion could protect him.
Pei Lang hesitated for a while, but still asked the question he wanted to ask: "Did Prince Rui save me?"
"Otherwise, who has the ability to save you out." Gao Yang said, "No one dares to take this risk."
“But why did he save me?” Pei Lang asked tentatively, “Because others asked him to do so?” He did not know if Gao Yang knew about Shen Miao, so he did not dare to say Shen Miao’s name. , I was afraid it would bring trouble to Shen Miao.
Gao Yang gave him a meaningful look, a golden needle pierced his knee, Pei Lang frowned slightly, and only heard Gao Yang say, "That's right, because our princess entrusted him."
"Princess?" Pei Lang was stunned: "Princess Rui?" He had never heard of any princesses that Prince Rui had, let alone what kind of friendship Prince Rui had with him, so he asked, "Why is Prince Rui..."
"Probably because you had a teacher-student friendship with you." Gao Yang smiled thoughtfully: "After all, Princess Rui was your student."
Pei Lang: "She is..."
"Shen Miao."