"They are here."
Following Xie Jing Xing's words, Gao Yang's joking expression suddenly disappeared and looked at him and said, "You said, they have come to Ding capital?"
“You guys pay more attention these few days.” Xie Jing Xing frowned, “Something about Prince Yu’s residence may have been spread out, which would expose your identity, so don’t go out these days.”
"But how can you do it alone?" Before Gao Yang could speak, Ji Yushu hurriedly said, "You already caught their attention, and now they enter the Ding capital, they will definitely come to you first. You can't be alarmed. Others in the capital."
“Don’t worry.” Xie Jing Xing stretched his waist, his smile suddenly showed a hint of cruelty: “I have been waiting for them for a long time.”
"Brother Xie, are you going to teach someone a lesson again?" Ji Yushu looked at him with bright eyes: "Can you bring me one this time?"
“Okay,” Xie Jing Xing said casually, “Just be a target.”
Gao Yang: "…"
…
The idea of the Ding capital regarding Prince Yu and the Shen family was soon drowned in the joy of the approaching new year. Since it's New Year's, there is a lively atmosphere everywhere. The slaughter of that blizzard night, and the desperate suicide in the gloomy prison, seemed to be left behind.
There is nothing more important than a new year, time does not stop here, new snow covers old snow, new talk covers old talk, new hope is always more joyful than the past.
The emperor in the palace did not show any gloom because of this, and even spent a lot of money to set up a palace banquet in the palace, inviting all the concubines and concubines to celebrate the New Year together. Obviously, the death of his brother did not make Emperor Wenhui feel sad. , This will make the common people feel that the rumors of the royal family's ruthlessness are indeed true, but only the really smart people know that Emperor Wen Hui has had a trouble, and he is naturally happy when he handles it so neatly. Therefore, even the yamen side couldn't find the murderer, and the whole case became an unsolved case, and Emperor Wen Hui did not pursue it too much.
Shen Qing and Prince Yu were buried in the royal tomb together. However, because Shen Qing committed suicide and his identity was too embarrassing at the time, the royal family did not give any compensation. This made Old Shen Furen very angry for a while.
In the west courtyard of the Shen residence, Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang were taking out the books in Shen Miao's room to bask in the sun.
Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan went to the school grounds to train new soldiers early in the morning, and the new soldiers who had to be levied in the new year had to be trained. Shen Qiu also followed to join in the fun, there was only Shen Miao left in the west courtyard.
“A few days ago, the eldest young master sent some books to him, why don’t they also bring them to dry?” Gu Yu asked Shen Miao.
“I still use those books, so there is no need to post them.” Shen Miao replied. Ever since Shen Qiu saw many military books in Shen Miao’s room, he immediately told Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan about the matter happily, but Shen Miao had never shown that she liked the art of war before and Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan also thought that she was just on a whim, even so , it still makes people search for many military books.
I didn't know, I thought the Shen family was planning to raise a little female general. Shen Miao naturally had no plans to become a female general, but there are still many dangers that the Shen family army will face in the future, and she can only rely on her knowledge from the previous life to overcome these possible difficulties for the Shen family army. It never hurts to see more.
Bai Lu turned the pages and said, "Tomorrow is the Jade Rabbit Festival. I heard that this year there will be a statue of 10,000 people lit up by Wanli Lake. Will the girl go tomorrow?"
The Jade Rabbit Festival is a festival in Ming Qi. On the night before the New Year every year, people walk out of their houses and go to the streets to watch lanterns and guess riddles. It is very lively. There will be a particularly large jade rabbit in the lantern, bless the whole Ming Qi with good weather in the coming year, and the people will have a good harvest. The difference between this year's Jade Rabbit Festival and previous years is that this year's Jade Rabbit is on the water, and people in Jieshi can also put their own lanterns on the water to pray for their inner wishes. The water lanterns, thinking about the picture, must be very lively. Bailu and Shuangjiang are also young women, and it is common sense to be playful and fresh.
"What nonsense," Gu Yu said angrily, "The street in Jieshi will definitely be crowded. What if the girl has an accident?"
"But didn't we all go there in previous years?" Bai Lu said unconvinced.
"Previous years are previous years, this year is this year!" Gu Yu said fiercely. Bai Lu was right. At this time in previous years, Shen Xin and his wife had already returned to the Ding capital. The Jade Rabbit Festival was where the entire Shen residence went out to watch the fun. The murderer has not yet been found out, if someone is waiting for an opportunity to take revenge, Shen Miao's situation is indeed much more dangerous. The excitement of Tianda was not as important as Shen Miao's safety.
“It’s okay.” Shen Miao smiled slightly, “I originally wanted to go and see the lively event. With my parents and elder brother by my side, there would definitely be no danger.”
"But..." Gu Yu wanted to persuade.
“That’s it.” Shen Miao interrupted her words and walked back into the room. Gu Yu could only suppress the worries in his heart, he did not know since when, Shen Miao also developed a stubborn temperament, there is no way she used to ask the two of the second and third rooms for help, so she has her own mind. It's really good, but it's also very helpless when it's stubborn.
Shen Miao returned to the room, walked to her desk and sat down, her eyes fell on the plum tree branches outside, the branches were covered with a little red, but it reminded her of the letter she received earlier.
The Chen brothers had already returned to Jiangnan, and after Prince Yu's residence was destroyed, they never communicated again. Shen Miao was extremely cautious and all communication with the Chen family was done through Mo Qing delivering letters to the Fengxian pawnshop. Mo Qing is now no longer in the Shen family, and no one can suspect her.
This time, there is another piece of news that Mo Qing brought back. The girl Liu Ying who asked Ji Yushu to inquire about has finally disappeared. It is in the Baoxiang Building, the largest gold-selling cave in Ding capital, that the girl Liuying is still the Baoxiang Building. One of the best beauties, I heard that on the day of the Jade Rabbit Festival, she will also play the role of the Jade Rabbit Fairy and dance by the Wanli Lake. She really wanted to take a look, so she was able to take advantage of this opportunity.
As for Gu Yu's concern about someone's revenge, in Shen Miao's opinion, it was even less worth mentioning. The Chen brothers originally cooperated with her, so where did the revenge come from. As for the Shen residence, now the old lady Shen is so angry that she doesn't see anyone except her two sons and the grandson of the second room. The second room of the Shen family was considered collapsed, and Shen Yuan was busy courting people in the official circles, and would not do anything to her recently. Sanfang has always kept a low profile, and nothing will happen at this juncture.
Now that I think about it, no year has been more comfortable than this year.
Thinking like this, the corners of Shen Miao's lips lifted slightly, making Gu Yu who was looking at her from outside couldn't help but be startled. However, before she could regain her senses, she heard Jing Zhe's voice, Jing Zhe walked in from outside, and said, "Miss, Wan Yiniang from the East Court wants to come and see you."
Wan's? Gu Yu frowned and whispered, "Why is it her again?"
"Why does Wan Yiniang keep running into our yard?" Shuang Jiang and Bai Lu also whispered: "This is too much to rush to compliment."
Several of the maids did not welcome the Wan family very much. In fact, after the affair between Ren Wanyun and Shen Qing, they had grown disgusted with the people in the second room. No matter what the purpose of Wan Yiniang was, it was always someone from the second room. It was very uncomfortable to run here all day.
When Concubine Wan wanted to see Shen Miao a few days ago, she was pushed by Shen Miao by various means. Today she said, "Let her come in."
Jing Zhe was stunned for a moment, and then went out. On the other hand, Gu Yu had a worried look on their faces, for fear that Wan Yiniang was making some bad ideas again.
After a while, Concubine Wan walked in with Jing Zhe and Shen Miao raised her head to look at her.
Wan Yiniang was wearing a dark blue cloth jacket, a blue horse-faced skirt, and a plain silver bracelet around her wrist. She looked like a very simple person. However, if you look closely, the jacket is embroidered with small white flowers, and the skirt at the corners of the skirt has been changed into a wave shape, while the pair of white hands are painted with bright colors, which are dazzling and eye-catching. . As for the waist of the jacket, it complements the already slender figure and makes people imagine. And looking up, the face with melon seeds, big eyes, white skin and red lips, when he smiled and looked over, although he tried his best to restrain himself, the coquettish charm in his bones was still fully revealed.
This is a woman who knows how to hide. It can be seen from the fact that she has not shown her face for so many years for Shen Dongling, but she is also a woman who can't hold her back. As soon as Shen Qing died, Ren Wanyun went crazy and couldn't wait to come out and show off. This kind of person, Shen Miao had seen many times in the harem in her previous life, some were clever and some pretty, she thought that as long as she wanted to, she would be able to firmly control a man’s heart, but she did not know that the world was tender | There are countless daughters, but a man’s heart is the most difficult Catchy, if you can hold your breath, you may still have a special place in a man's heart, but once you can't hold your breath, those little smarts become ridiculous.
Aunt Wan is obviously the kind of person who is smart.
Wan Shi gave Shen Miao a blessing and sat down on the small table opposite Shen Miao. She did it on her side, her legs were slightly inclined, which made her body smooth and soft. Shen Miao looked at her calmly, without saying a word of nonsense, she went straight to the point: "Wan Yiniang came to me, what is it for?"
Wan Yiniang did not expect that Shen Miao's words were so direct and she actually choked. She heard that Shen Xin and his wife are the most powerful in the Shen residence now, and the fifth young lady who was the most sloppy old lady is also a powerful person now. Thinking of coming over to get close, not wanting Shen Miao to speak and not even say a word to socialize, Concubine Wan was a little confused as to whether Shen Miao did not understand the world of people or was pretending to be mysterious.
In fact, Wan Yiniang thought too much and Shen Miao ignored her, but it was because an auntie was not worthy of her attention.
Wan Yiniang smiled apologetically and said, "As the New Year is approaching, my concubine came over to see Fifth Young Lady and wish the Fifth Young Lady a new year." She said, "It seems that I had had an unpleasant relationship with Fifth Young Lady because of the eldest miss, and my concubine took the place of the master and his wife. Apologize with Fifth Young Lady."
Shen Miao looked at her with a half-smile but not a smile: "Wan Yiniang, you are 'apologizing on behalf of others', do you not know the second uncle and second aunt?"
Wan Yiniang sneered slightly, but continued to laugh: "The concubine is naturally a soft-spoken person. I also heard that the master once told the concubine that she was a little impulsive that day, and the concubine made her own decision and came to ask the fifth lady for a crime."
Shen Miao looked at her, her eyes did not blink, being stared at by Shen Miao like that, Wan Yiniang had a restless look on her face, but she was pressed down by her, she smiled, "Actually the third young lady also wants to come. Look at the fifth lady, after all, they are all sisters, but the third lady has been a bit chilly recently, afraid of being in the limelight, so she just said that she is feeling better, and then she will talk to the fifth lady."
Shen Dongling? Shen Miao raised her eyebrows.
In addition to the three direct daughters in the Shen residence, there is actually a concubine daughter, Shen Dongling from the second room, born to Wan Yiniang. In the Shen residence, Shen Wan and Chen Rouqiu had only one daughter, Shen Yue, and Shen Xin and his wife had only Shen Miao and Shen Qiu. The second room, Shen Gui, was full of concubines and also gave birth to concubines, but it didn’t take long. Died prematurely, which is why the ranking of the Shen family's daughters is a little strange.
Shen Dongling ranked third, so she was called Third Miss. Ren Wan Yun was the most jealous, Concubine Wan stayed in the yard all day after giving birth to Shen Dongling, that Shen Dongling was also weak and sickly, Shen Miao had no impression of Shen Dongling in her previous life and this life. She is almost a transparent person. She is a concubine who is no longer favored by a wealthy family. She may be bullied and scolded, but she will not be like this, and is almost forgotten.
Such people are either really weak enough to be ignored, or strong enough to endure what ordinary people cannot. Shen Dongling in her previous life seemed to have been given to others by Ren Wanyun as a bargaining chip in Shen Gui's career. In this life, Ren Wanyun had already lost power, and Concubine Wan flew to Gaozhi again. Whether Shen Dongling's fate would change because of this was unknown.
“Third sister is not well, so don’t come out.” Shen Miao said calmly, “If I contract the cold because of this, I can’t afford it.”
Wan Yiniang was a little unhappy when she heard the words, but she still had a smile on her face, and said, "This is the closeness of the third young lady to the fifth young lady. It is because the concubine is not well, and the third young lady was born with a disease. , I can only watch other children play in the yard for so many years, it's all my concubine's fault..." After speaking, he turned his head and covered his mouth with the handkerchief in his hand, looking extremely sad.
Shen Miao couldn't see Concubine Wan's pretentious attitude and said lightly, "No one can control their own body, and third sister staying in the yard may not be bad, but the eldest sister has enjoyed what she deserves, who knows but The beauty is poor." The corner of her lips curled slightly: "The blessing of a person is not something that can be seen on the surface."
As soon as these words came out, Wan Yiniang looked at Shen Miao with some doubts, and after a while she forced a smile, "What the fifth young lady said is." She suddenly stood up again and looked at Shen Miao and said, "Fifth young lady, concubine body. I suddenly remembered that there are still some things to do, so I will say goodbye first, if the fifth miss is free one day, I think the third miss will come to talk to the fifth miss, she is not in good health, please take care of the fifth miss." , then rushed to Shen Miao and left. It's just that compared to the figure that came before, it seems to be a lot more hurried and flustered.
Jing Zhe has been serving tea on the side, looking at Wan Yiniang's back in a hurry and wondering: "What does this Wan Yiniang mean? Are you here to show your love? There are three girls, and the three girls have not left the yard for so many years. I haven't seen each other a few times, and I seem to be very emotional."
"That's right." Gu Yu said while cleaning up the tea cups Wan Yiniang drank on the table: "Now that I think about it, the slaves can't remember what the third girl looks like, after all, she is also a girl in the house, and has been hidden for so many years. It's probably also to hide the second lady, it's really pitiful."
“What are you pitiful for?” Shen Miao picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, “I am afraid that in her eyes, you are still very pitiful.”
"Her?" Jing Zhe was puzzled, "Is the girl talking about the third girl?"
Shen Miao smiled, "It's me who has gone wrong, there is still a smart person in our manor."
The purpose of Wan Yiniang's visit today is clearly to try. However, as a smart and exposed person like Wan Yiniang, who can think of this method to try, on the surface, it seems that she can't wait to announce that she has regained Chen Gui's favor, but after thinking about it, it is not necessarily true. Shenlong couldn't see the head but not the tail, but that Shen Dongling, who had never shown his face, was much smarter than Shen Qing.
But... No matter which side she was on, Shen Miao would not regard her as a friend, let alone a sister.
"Be careful." She put down the teacup in her hand and reminded the girls around her.
On the other side, Wan Yiniang hurriedly returned to her yard, closed the door, stepped forward in three steps, and said to the figure sitting behind the screen, "Ling'er."
The figure behind the screen paused and looked at Wan Yiniang, Wan Yiniang breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the wooden chair and repeated what she said to Shen Miao today. She originally acted as a huadan and sang, and she had a good memory. One person spoke out the conversation between the two, as if it was happening right in front of her. After finishing speaking, Wan Yiniang said, "Ling'er, what exactly does Fifth Young Lady mean? I feel a little chilled when I hear it, you say... Will the matter of Eldest Young Lady be related to Fifth Young Lady?"
"Auntie be careful," the person behind the screen said, "The matter of the big sister has passed, what is said outside, don't bring it up again, otherwise, you will only hurt yourself."
"I just feel a little uneasy in my heart." Wan Yiniang said.
A slight sigh came from behind the screen, and the sitting man put down the embroidery in his hand, stood up, and walked to Wan Yiniang's side.
She was also a beautiful looking girl, compared to Shen Qing’s generosity, Shen Yue’s graceful appearance, Shen Miao’s dignified, this girl appeared soft and weak, her facial features were somewhat similar to Wan Yiniang’s, her face was born with melon seeds and big eyes, if her eyes were more agile , is about to be scolded by some little vixen, but her face is pale, and even her lips are bloodless, so that little bit of coquettishness has weakened, but it seems a little harmless.
She was wearing a washed and worn goose-yellow jacket. The jacket probably belonged to Wan Yiniang. The girl's body was not as full as Wan Yiniang's, so when she was wearing it, it would be empty and a little big. Somewhat ordinary.
That girl was the prostitute from the second room of the Shen family, Shen Dongling.
"Everything is much better now than before," Shen Dongling comforted: "At least Auntie and I can go out in a generous way, and we don't have to be threatened by the wife."
"This Shen residence is not easy," Wan Yiniang looked at her daughter, her heart sour: "I was greedy for wealth and I thought that I would be able to sit back and relax for the rest of my life when I entered the Shen residence, but it is also hard work for people in high schools. It has also affected you. For so many years, in order to live under the eyes of Madam, you have to live like this. The people in this mansion are amazing, and even the silent Fifth Young Lady now looks really scary... "
"Auntie," Shen Dongling shook her head, "regardless of whether the eldest sister's affairs have anything to do with the fifth sister, after all, the people behind it can be considered a help to us. It's hard for Madam to turn over now, even if the second brother is powerful , Madam is famous, but she herself has no hope in the past, so she can't compete with us."
"That's right," Wan Yiniang looked at Shen Dongling with relief: "It's finally over. But Ling'er, today you asked me to test Fifth Young Lady, Fifth Young Lady is quite indifferent to me, I'm afraid she doesn't want to accept our favor. , what can I do now?"
"If you don't accept it, then don't accept it." Shen Dongling smiled: "The fifth sister also seems to be a smart person. Since that's the case, from now on, it's better not to provoke her. If possible, let her deal with the second brother. it is good."
"Second Young Master?" Wan Yiniang was taken aback: "Second Young Master has already entered the official position, Fifth Young Lady is just a little girl, how can you deal with Second Young Master?"
"Relax, Auntie." Shen Dongling said, "The Fifth Younger Sister is not a simple person, she is the best knife in the Shen residence."
…
The outsiders probably don't know about this little movement in the east and west courtyards of the Shen residence. In addition to the people in the mansion, in the eyes of other people in the Ding capital, the general's mansion is a good scene of happiness and filial piety. This has always been the case before this year, but unfortunately, things in the world are always changing. Sometimes the seeds are buried too deep, and they will always sprout and grow at an unexpected time.
In the training yard outside the Shen residence, Mo Qing was fighting against Shen Qiu's personal soldier A Zhi. A Mo was the best martial artist of Shen Qiu's men, and Mo Qing could even fight him. When Shen Miao recommended Mo Qing to Shen Qiu, Shen Qiu also wanted to test Mo Qing's ability, but after such a test, Mo Qing was quite good.
Shen Qiu was naturally very happy. The strong generals had no weak soldiers. If there were more strong soldiers under his command, the prestige of the Shen family army would be even louder. Since recruiting Mo Qing, Shen Qiu kept complimenting Shen Miao's vision, and occasionally pestering Shen Miao to "accidentally" find such talent in the market, all of which were blocked by Shen Miao with blind eyes. There was only one guard commander in the previous life. According to Shen Qiu, could it be that there were guards commanding all the streets and alleys
After Azhi and Mo Qing fought each other, they were both tired and sweating profusely. Azhi gulped down a large sip of water and said, "It's really refreshing to fight with Brother Mo! Brother Mo's swordsmanship is really amazing. , it makes people look hot.”
Mo Qing bowed his hands: "Brother Azhi has won the award. My swordsmanship is not superb. There are people who are outside the world and there are heavens outside the world. There are many masters in this world."
"Could it be that there are people who are more skilled than Brother Mo's swordsmanship?" Azhi smiled and said, "Then I really want to see and see!"
Mo Qing was speechless, but what appeared in his mind was the night at Wolong Temple, when he carried Shen Qing and Shen Miao to change rooms, thus changing the fate of the two, that night a man in black swept in from the window, five Zhao Nei easily snatched his sword, in that person's hand, he was as powerless as a child, he heard Shen Miao calling him: Xie Xiaohou Ye.
That young man's swordsmanship is truly superb.
Azhi sighed, and then said: "I don't know how happy it is to kill the enemy on the battlefield with Brother Mo, I can't wait, but it's a pity that the general will stay in Dingjing for half a year for the young lady. It will take half a year to join forces to retreat from the enemy." He looked at Mo Qing: "Speaking of which, our young lady is also a hero. It is rare to find someone like you, Brother Mo."
"Miss is an amazing person." Mo Qing said. After being with Shen Miao for a long time, some of Shen Miao’s actions and deeds were not acceptable to him. As a woman, Shen Miao was cruel and ruthless, had no sympathy, and was cruel and cold, but she still could not be hated because of the people she dealt with. , are the people who want to put her to death.
Mo Qing remembered that Shen Miao lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked him with a smile, "Would you like to sell your martial arts to my general's family, the Shen family?"
A scholar died for a confidant, Shen Miao was in a certain respect his benefactor of Mo Qing.
Azhi punched him: "I see, you are the one chosen by the young lady, so of course you look after her well. Just take good care of her on the Jade Rabbit Festival tomorrow."
"Huh?" Mo Qing suddenly raised his head and looked up.
"What?" Azhi followed his gaze and said inexplicably, "There is nothing."
"Probably I feel wrong." Mo Qing shook his head, ignoring the strange feeling in his heart just now.
On the other side of the wall, there are two people squatting at the moment, both of them are dressed in sackcloth, with a hat, and they cover their faces so tightly that they can't see their faces at first glance.
One person said: "This Shen residence is indeed full of talents, and even a guard has such ability, almost found you and me."
"That's right," the other person discussed in a low voice, "There are many guards outside the Shen residence, and Shen Xin's soldiers are in charge. It's too risky to start from the inside, and I'm afraid it won't be easy. Shen Miao’s protection is not leaking, it would be even more difficult to do it.”
"The superior gave an order, and it was easy to get some news." The man's companion said: "Catch her and ask the result, this trip will not be in vain, you and I are just waiting for promotion. Why? Can you give up halfway through?"
“Naturally one cannot give up,” the man with the hat said with a “hehe” smile, “Didn’t the two guards just say that Shen Miao is going to go out for the Jade Rabbit Festival tomorrow, when the crowd is surging, it will not be easy to do something, then a group of people will lead the way. Open the Shen family, and a group of people will take her away."
"It's done neatly." The man's words were ruthless: "In order to eliminate future troubles forever, I tied them up and threw them into the lake when I asked for news. Don't make other ideas."
"nature."