Pick all the cold branches

The painting boats on Taihu Lake are exquisite, the sunlight hits the glass painting screen, if there is brilliance flowing with the water waves, it is more colorful than the rainbow light.

Su Ge Bala poked his head out cautiously, stared curiously at the golden carp swimming in the water for a while, then turned to look at Zhen Xian, his eyes were always worried and inquiring.

"Will the guy named Lu still come?"

"Wait a little longer."

Zhen Xian didn't look up.

Right in front of him was an unfinished chess game.

He was holding a white piece and was about to drop it when he heard Brother Su ask him curiously.

"Brother Zhen, how can you play chess with yourself?"

The girl's voice was full of confusion.

Zhen Xian's fingertips trembled slightly.

Su Gebala is a Tatar, and he is born noble. Perhaps he has never thought about it, and it is difficult to understand. In fact, most of his life, when he thinks he is fighting with others, he is just playing chess with himself.

Zhen Xian put down the white piece, looked up at the girl, thinking about how to explain it to her.

Suddenly, the sound of water waves and human voices came from outside the painting boat.

Brother Su hurriedly opened the screen window and looked out, and saw a small boat leaning against the bow, and a boy in green shirt with a double bun was standing on the boat, clasped his hands, and asked in a crisp voice. : "My master, may I ask where is the honored guest in the boat?"

Zhen Xian narrowed his eyes slightly, and whispered to Brother Su in a low voice: "Princess, please return to him."

Unexplained surprise flashed in Su Geba's eyes for a moment, but he didn't ask any further questions, he just tilted his head and thought for a while, then he answered loudly: "He's from the north, and he's here to swim in the lake and watch fish."

After hearing this, the little boy turned around and got back into the boat. After a while, he got out again, still clasped his hands together, and asked again: "My master, may I ask Miss, are you happy to see the koi in Taihu Lake?"

As soon as this question came out, Brother Su couldn't help laughing out loud.

"I'm very happy to see it, but I'm not a fish, so I don't know if they are happy or not." She looked back at Zhen Xian, then smiled to Fang Wai.

The little boy didn't get back into the boat like before, instead he just stood there and didn't speak.

But another voice came from the boat: "Miss also read Laozhuang?"

Tatar aristocrats also learned Chinese and read Chinese classics. They have read many famous works by Lao Tzu and Zhuang Tzu, Su Ge Ba La.But since she could hear that this person was sincerely using "Autumn Waters" to "examine" herself, she suddenly felt a sense of arrogance as a prairie girl who refused to admit defeat, and asked, "What if you have read it? So what if you haven't read it?"

The man's voice did not hide a smile, "Miss has a heart of wisdom. I am not talented, so I dare to invite you to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Taihu Lake. I wonder if she will appreciate it?"

Brother Su looked back at Zhen Xian again, saw Zhen Xian nodded slightly, and said: "Your boat is too small, I don't want to go, why don't you come to my big boat and I'll treat you to tea?"

The man said: "Since this is the case, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful."

Zhen Xian heard a "squeak" sound from the splints when someone boarded the ship, and in the blink of an eye, the boy in blue had already raised the curtain in front of the cabin.

A young man stepped into the cabin, cupped his hands and bowed briefly, and said with a smile: "Accepting the nobleman's gift, Lu Lante from Jiyuan has come to pay a visit."

Zhen Xian looked at this person and couldn't help but froze.

too young.

Lu Lan in front of him was dressed in moon-white dark embroidered clothes, dressed very elegantly and noblely, not at all like a businessman who caters to people all day long, but like a scholar and celebrity who washes his hands and burns incense.His face is a little thin, but his eyebrows are very handsome, and his age seems to be around twenty-five.

Zhen Xian originally thought that the well-known Jiangnan tycoon should be a seasoned shopping mall veteran, but when he was in his forties, he never thought that he would be a handsome young man who was too late, so he was so surprised that he even forgot to return the gift.

He didn't speak, but just stared blankly at the person who came. Su Ge Baba didn't know what was going on, so he didn't dare to speak casually, so he also pursed his lips, looking at him for a while, and Lu Lan for a while.

For a moment, the boat was so quiet that only the sound of the breeze and waves was left.

On the contrary, Lu Lan was silent for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing "haha".

"Young master is staring at me like this. Could it be that some Jie Lu wants to be arty and make some kind of joke?"

Zhen Xian's heart skipped a beat, and then he came back to his senses, his face turned red with shame, he hurriedly got up and bowed his head to greet him, "I was rude, and Boss Lu laughed at me."

The two sat facing each other in the painting boat.Zhen Xian personally poured the tea and served it.Lu Lan took a sip, raised her eyes and continued to look at Zhen Xian.

"Young master and Mr. Lu think differently." He slightly hooked the corners of his lips, and put down his teacup, "Young master and Mr. Lu think differently. I originally thought that the one who could do such a trick should be someone An old man, but he doesn't want his young master to be handsome."

Just a few words, for a moment, Zhen Xian couldn't figure out whether this person was praising or hurting, so he couldn't help but keep silent, and just looked at him closely.

Lu Lan was not polite at all, took out something from his sleeve, and pushed it directly in front of Zhen Xian.

"Lu is a businessman, the young master gave me such a generous gift, what do you want Lu to exchange?"

When the chess game on the case was pushed like this, it was like being split by a sharp sword, and everything fell into chaos immediately.There was a piece of space in the middle, and it was the carved wooden box that Zhen Xiantuo Zeng Daolun handed over.

What Zhen Xian put in this wooden box was a piece of jade, originally a gift from His Majesty the Emperor to Prince Jing Jiafei, it was priceless, needless to say it was rare.Traveling outside, things are in a hurry, and I can't get any decent meeting gifts for a while, so Zhen Xian asked Jia Fei for this jadeite.

But Zhen Xian wanted this jade, not because of its value.

Lu Lan is a wealthy businessman second to none. Although he dare not compare with the Tian family, he is no stranger to rare treasures and jades in the world. A mere jade may not be able to impress him.

But this jade belongs to His Highness Prince Jing.The so-called Jia Fei is a lecturer, and the reason why His Majesty the Emperor bestowed this jade to King Jing Jiafei is also for this lecturer.If this Lu Lan is really a shrewd person, even for this jade, at least he must see Zhen Xian.

As for whether to accept or not, that is a matter to be decided after meeting.

Zhen Xian looked down at the wooden box, and without reaching out, he asked softly, "Does Boss Lu know the origin of this object?"

Lu Lan smiled slightly, "If you tell me about this, I'm afraid it will offend a name that shouldn't be offended."

Zhen Xian's heart sank when he heard this, "Then Boss Lu should know why I came here."

Some things cannot be said clearly until the time is up.They don't know the depth of each other, and they all need to test their advances and retreats. They froze after going back and forth, and neither of them is willing to speak first, so as not to miss the bottom line.

Su Ge sat on the side, looking at Zhen Xian, then at Lu Lan, watching the two people staring at each other silently, their eyeballs rolled around and around, not knowing why.

The water waves of Taihu Lake slapped the boat one after another, bringing up circles of water patterns in the teacups.

Suddenly a wave hit, and the hull shook visibly.

Zhen Xiansheng was in Beijing, and although he had stayed in Lingnan for several years, he was still not used to sailing on such a wide water surface, and suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell over.

He hurriedly reached out to support something, but he grabbed Lu Lan's outstretched arm.

"In fact, Lu has already prepared a return gift, but I don't know if I can get into the eyes of the young master." Lu Lan smiled and helped him sit still, and turned to look at the accompanying boy.

The little boy sitting on the side with folded hands and bowed head got the instruction, took out a square and flat box from his bosom, put his hands respectfully in front of Zhen Xian, and opened it.

Inside the box was a lottery, both sides were blank, and no sign was found.

"It's going to be windy. Taihu Lake will never be peaceful." Lu Lan narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at the rolling white waves outside the window, put the carved wooden box containing the jade back into his sleeve, and stood up.

"Boss Lu—" Zhen Xian was suspicious, and hurriedly said something to keep someone away.

But Lu Lan ignored him, walked out of the cabin with a flick of his sleeves, and went straight back to his own small boat. Then he stood at the bow, waved at Brother Su who was sitting by the window, and said with a smile: "If Miss is interested, You can walk along the water and watch the night view of Fengqiao. However, if you stay on the water at night, you may not be able to avoid wind and waves."

Hearing the sound, Brother Su turned his head to look at Zhen Xian.

Zhen Xian couldn't help frowning, watching the leafy boat fly away on the water, disappearing in the mist of green willows in the blink of an eye, and involuntarily raised his hand to wipe his forehead.

It was clammy and cold.

He found another boat to go to Fengqiao Town, and the moon was already in the sky by then.

The boatman was in a hurry to go home, saying that women and children were waiting for him to go back to eat with the snacks he bought from Suzhou during the day.Zhen Xian specially gave some extra silver, and asked the boatman to leave the boat for the two of them to spend the night, and they would come here to pick it up tomorrow morning.The boatman took the money and left with great gratitude. Before he left, he tied the boat firmly to a thick old tree on the shore, and repeatedly told him that it was windy and foggy at night, and he must not indulge in wading in the water.

Su Ge Bala, who was already pretending to be a child, watched the boatman walking away with the silver in his pocket, and leaned out half of his body curiously to look around.

Maple Bridge is moored at night, the cold mountain is black, and the water surface has already been fogged, covering the small bridge and weeping willows in a vast expanse of whiteness.The damp cold air rising from the water made the girl who was used to the dry and cold in the north shudder involuntarily, and crawled back into the boat with her arms curled up.

Seeing this, Zhen Xian smiled, and promptly handed her a cup of freshly brewed warm tea, watched her drink it up in two gulps, and heard curious inquiries.

"Brother Zhen, what are we here for?"

What he held in his palm was the lottery left by Bai Ri Lu Lan.Zhen Xian clenched subconsciously, and held his breath with concentration.

This is about a trial.In other words, it is a test question.

Lu Lan accepted the jadeite he sent, but returned him a white lottery, and lured him to Fengqiao Town without telling him anything.

So, what should he do with this sign?

If he can't solve this riddle, it's not because Boss Lu doesn't take His Highness Prince Jing's face, but because he is incompetent.

Or, is this an unsolvable mystery?It's just a ploy to evade, sincerely trying to pin him down here, telling him to return without success...?

After all, he didn't know Lu Lan very well, so he couldn't understand him, so he couldn't believe it or not.

During the daytime painting, in a hurry, with a few words, he only felt that Lu Lan was unfathomable.Under the lively chatter and laughter, the undercurrents surged, and the roundness and thoughtfulness wrapped the sharp edge. I don't blame Zeng Daolun and they all gave Boss Lu the word "weird".Being able to take on such a huge business at such a young age, and able to deal with the weaving bureau more securely, this Lu Guangfeng must not be a timid person, but he must be very clear about the pros and cons.

In this way, did he let Boss Lu see through his cards?In Boss Lu's eyes, is the only bargaining chip in his hand worth betting against?

Zhen Xian was not sure at all.

After all, people are different from each other.A's bear's paw, B's arsenic, some things are more important to oneself than Mount Tai, and light to others.

The cold wind on the lake lifted the curtains hanging in front of the cabin, and made a slight whistling, setting off the bells from the distant mountains more and more distantly.

Zhen Xian sighed involuntarily, and leaned sideways in the cabin a little tiredly.

Brother Su looked at him worriedly, waited for a long time but didn't see him answering, couldn't help but reached out and tugged at his sleeve, and asked: "Brother Zhen, after you go back, are you going to tell the whole thing about the past two days?" His Royal Highness?"

This question came so suddenly, Zhen Xian looked at the girl in confusion, not quite understanding why she asked this question.

"I think it's better if you don't want to say everything." Su Ge stretched out his hand, and while cooking tea on a small fire to keep warm, he said softly: "Brother Zhen, you may not feel it yourself, but you and that Lu Lu during the day The way the boss is talking, if my brother saw it, he would have rushed at him with a knife." She seemed to see her brother's frantic expression again when she said it, and she couldn't help but pouted tenderly in disgust. .

Zhen Xian was stunned suddenly, and it took a while to understand what the girl meant, and was suddenly embarrassed, but he couldn't help but sigh.

"Princess, why do you think we are here?"

He sat upright, cleared his throat, and looked at Brother Su Baba.

Brother Su rubbed his hands on the fire, "Because that Boss Lu can help us deal with the bad guys."

Zhen Xian nodded, "Then why do we deal with bad guys?"

The girl tilted her head slightly, her dark and watery eyes rolled around, as if she had an idea, but she refused to answer him right away.

Seeing this, Zhen Xian didn't force her, just let out a breath slowly, and continued in a low voice: "Do you still remember the barren fields we saw along the way after we came to Zhejiang? Those mulberry fields used to support millions of people. But now they are all deserted...the mulberry field has no output, but the raw silk supply of the weaving bureau cannot be cut off, so what should these mulberry farmers do?"

"I don't think we shouldn't do this, but—" Su Ge's eyes flickered, and he finally couldn't hold back, but he couldn't continue, obviously hesitating in words.

However, Zhen Xian immediately understood.

What the girl meant was to tell him to do what he had to do, as long as he didn't want to tell His Highness Prince Jing everything.

Su Gebala is a princess on the prairie, a smart and brave girl, but she once dared to challenge the majesty of a wolf, but she has never tasted the feeling of walking on thin ice, let alone the danger of standing on the edge of a cliff.

He is different.

He knew Jiafei's temperament too well.If he made a half-step mistake and caused His Highness to doubt, Lu Lan would never use Lu Lan again.Correspondingly, it may be difficult for Lu Lan to be used by His Highness again.As a result, the situation in Zhejiang will become more and more difficult.

Therefore, he must not hide anything from His Highness.

There is bound to be anger.He took the jadeite that His Royal Highness King Jing never left and gave it to others. Based on this alone, even if His Highness doesn't say anything at the moment, there will always be a time to ask him to get it back in the future.

But that doesn't matter at all.

The emperor ordered people to secretly investigate the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. What some people saw was money and a major corruption case and a power struggle, while what some people saw was that the people in Zhejiang were raised inside and the Japanese pirates were rejected outside.

It was precisely because of this that His Highness Prince Jing gave it a go at this very moment.

Compared with the significance of this victory to His Highness Prince Jing, compared with the overall situation of the world, and compared with those people whose homes are difficult to return to and whose future is unpredictable, the honor and disgrace of Zhen Xian alone is not within the scope of consideration.

But how can he explain these intricacies clearly to Su Gebala?

The bell on the distant mountain pierced through the night and swayed in the silence, leaving a long echo.

Zhen Xian listened intently to the bell and remained silent for a long time, finally he could only smile wryly.

"It's getting late. Princess, you should take a rest first. We have to leave early tomorrow morning."

He stood up, gave up the seat by the fire, and sat upright on the hatch with his back.

Su Ge raised his eyes and stared at his straight back, lowered his head and bit his lips, and asked persistently, "What are we going to do tomorrow?"

Zhen Xian closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, until the girl almost thought that he had fallen asleep like this, finally sighed softly, and whispered three words: "Go and untie the lottery."

Completely different from the Lingyan ancient temple hidden in the deep mountains, Hanshan Temple has added a lot of human fireworks due to its proximity to the river.

Zhen Xian led Su Ge Bala among the male and female devotees who were offering incense in the early morning.

Su Gebala resumed her Han girl's attire, and put on a plain moon-white double-breasted jacket with a lake blue pleated skirt. From a distance, she looked like a delicate wave, attracting the attention of passers-by.

The Mongols believed in Shamanism, and sacrifices were completely different from burning incense to worship Buddha.This was the first time that Brother Su had seen the Buddhist temples enshrined in the Central Plains. He was so curious that he couldn't help looking around.After Zhen Xian took her to offer incense and kowtow, he left her alone to watch what was new, and walked to a corner outside the hall.

There is an incense table under the eaves outside the hall, and many people are kneeling piously with bamboo sticks in both hands, most of them are village women.Behind the incense table stood two little novice monks, who were talking to the believers who came to ask questions, mostly words of comfort and comfort.One of them, seeing that Zhen Xian was a scholar, couldn't help but looked him up from head to toe in surprise, and asked, "Does the benefactor also ask for a signature?"

Zhen Xian glanced at the bamboo sticks on the incense case, took out his white one from his arms, and offered it with both hands, "I have a stick, I don't know what to do with it."

The little novice took the lottery and looked at it, then asked: "What do you want from the benefactor?"

Zhen Xian said calmly: "I just want the country to be peaceful and the people safe."

The two young novice monks looked at each other without saying a word, one of them turned around with a lottery and went to the back of the main hall, after a while he turned back empty-handed, whispered in the ear of the other, and bowed to Zhen Xian to salute, " Lord, please come with me."

Zhen Xian called back Suge Baca, followed the little monk, went around the main hall, passed through three narrow gates, and came to a scripture hall after a while.

There was only one old monk in the hall, who was holding a rosary with his eyes closed, and nodded to the little monk when he heard footsteps.

The little novice led Zhen Xian and Su Gebala to sit down on the futon in the hall, and exited the hall respectfully.The old monk kept reciting scriptures in a low voice, and finally opened his eyes slowly and smiled kindly at Zhen Xian after finishing one chapter.

"The benefactor is a man of insight, and he should know his son without talking about strange power and confusion."

"Students know." Zhen Xian bowed his head in return, "Buddhas don't divination good or bad luck to others. But the mage allows these people who have nowhere to ask to find some relief under the Buddha's gate, which is a great mercy."

Hearing this, the old monk clasped his hands together, and he seemed to sigh when he spoke.

"Birth, old age, sickness, death, separation of love, association of resentment and hatred, blazing five shades, nothing to ask for, these eight sufferings, all living beings, can't escape them. Almighty, you see these people who come to the temple to ask the Buddha for good or bad, think they are Suffering, how do you know that my two little apprentices stand outside the temple all day long to untangle others and coax them to be relieved and happy? Isn’t it miserable? Poverty and lowliness have their sufferings, and wealth and honor have their sufferings. In the whirling world, everything is suffering. Rescuing suffering is not self-sufficiency."

These words, said in a deep voice, are like the sound of propagating the Dharma, enlightening the top.Zhen Xian was stunned for a long time, and sighed for a long time, "What the master said is true, the students are arrogant. But the master wants me not to be attached, and it is really difficult for me to do so."

The old monk was silent for a while, put down the rosary in his hand, picked up the white lotus that Zhen Xian brought, held it in his palm, and asked, "Where did the lottery come from?"

Zhen Xian said: "It's a gift from someone who is destined."

The old monk asked again: "The almsgiver thinks, what is the solution to this sign?"

Zhen Xianjing said: "To release the lottery, you need to give it to the signer."

The old monk nodded, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "In this case, why did the benefactor ask me?"

Zhen Xian involuntarily looked at the lottery in the old monk's hand, and paused, "Because this lottery is exactly the same as the lottery in the temple except that there is no sign."

In fact, he was not so sure about this matter, he just held the mentality of giving it a try, until he entered the monastery, he was a little more confident.

Zhen Xian secretly took a deep breath and clenched his fists in his sleeves.

The old monk remained silent for a long time, just looked at Zhen Xian carefully, and at the end slightly raised the corners of his lips, noncommittal.

Kneeling at the side, Su Ge Bala heard the cloud and mist for a long time, and felt his legs were sore, but the old monk still had an inscrutable expression on his face, and couldn't help but anxiously said: "Master, can you solve this lot? ?”

The old monk couldn't help but looked up to the sky and burst out laughing.

"This sign has something to do with it. Would you two follow me to the meditation room to have a look?"

Hearing that they were going to change places again, Zhen Xian and Su Ge looked at each other, but they had no other choice, they had to get up and follow the old monk, out of the scripture hall, and walked deeper into the temple.

Along the way, Brother Su looked around nervously, his red lips were tightly pursed, and he couldn't help touching the sharp knife hidden in his sleeve repeatedly.

"This temple is so strange. Brother Zhen, don't walk away from me."

A little girl stood up to protect herself with such a sullen face, which inevitably made Zhen Xian laugh for a while, but when she thought about the appearance of Su Ge Bala riding a horse on the grassland with hounds and her female soldiers to break out of the encirclement, there was only emotion left.

The old monk led the two of them to a quiet meditation room in the deepest part of the temple, stood with palms together in front of the door and slowly bowed, "Please benefactor, all the solutions you seek are in the meditation room."

The old monk was originally born with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, but with a humble posture, he seemed more sincere.

Although Zhen Xian still had some doubts in his heart, he could only act according to his words and wanted to push the door of the Zen room.

"and many more!"

Su Ge took the first step, stretched out his hand and pushed open the door first, and looked into the room.

Originally, she was on guard against an ambush in the Zen room, or there was a conspiracy behind the scenes.

But there was only a "bang" sound of the wooden door hitting the wall, but no murder weapon was seen flying out, nor was there any knife or ax hidden inside.

There was only one person in the meditation room, who was burning incense and paying homage to the Buddha. When he heard the sound, he respectfully bowed to the Buddha statue in the alcove three times before Shi Shiran turned around. It was Lu Lan.

"Young master came so fast, so Lu did not expect it." With a smile on his face, Lu Lan bowed and made a gesture of invitation.

The incense burner tea ceremony has already been set up in the meditation room, and the milky white smoke is faintly lingering, with a light fragrance of grass and trees.

Zhen Xian was quiet for a moment, then followed him into the Zen room, and sat down with him before the tea table.

It was not too surprising to see Lu Lan.

Or should I put it this way, being able to see Lu Lan here means that the puzzle of this level has been solved.

But then comes the real crux.

Zhen Xian quietly pressed Lu Lan to pour the golden clear tea soup into the teacup in front of her, and heard the warm laughter.

"Rong Lu is curious. In Fengqiao Town, there are countless places to set up stalls, fortune-telling, betting and lottery. Why did you decide that you should come to Hanshan Temple?"

"This sign has the scent of incense from the Buddhist temple. It is not difficult to find it here."

Zhen Xian couldn't help but look closely at the person in front of him.

Today's Lu Lan is quite different from yesterday's elegant and romantic appearance. Although he is still smiling, his brows and eyes are full of aggressiveness, and he is no longer cautious about probing.

Zhen Xian looked at his expression, carefully considered his words, and then asked him: "Boss Lu spends so much time, is there any scruples?"

Lu Lan lowered his eyebrows and smiled, and while making tea with his own hands, he replied, "Of course we have to find a safe and secure place, otherwise, how can the young master be willing to report his name and let me know."

These words really made Zhen Xian startled for a moment.

He was sent by His Royal Highness King Jing, Lu Lan already knew this.Therefore, Lu Lan was not asking where he came from, but wanted to find out his personal identity.

However, there is no need to say more about who Zhen Xian is.

He shouldn't let Lu Lan know too much.

The more you know, the easier it is to be pinched.Although Zhen Xian never thought that he was an important and important role, if he accidentally let someone know something he shouldn't know, and instead took it and threatened His Royal Highness King Jing...it would be troublesome in the end.

"I'm just an ordinary person. My name and surname are ordinary, so I don't care if I don't mention it." Zhen Xian could only smile helplessly.

Lu Lan was very happy, and insisted on refusing to let go.

"Young master came here to look for me, but I don't even know what your name is. I'm really sorry." He glanced sideways at Brother Su, who was sitting next to Zhen Xian, and nodded humbly, "I heard that His Highness Prince Jing He and His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince defeated the Tatars in the north, not only admiring the national prestige, but also brought back the little princess of the Tartars. Prince Jing lived in Beijing for a long time, and the Seventh Prince was even younger than the weak crown. To have such a record is really amazing.”

Hearing how he talked about the Battle of Yingzhou, Zhen Xian couldn't help but frowned slightly, subconsciously retorted: "His Royal Highness Prince Jing practiced martial arts as a young man, and has been familiar with military books since he was a child.

Lu Lan suddenly showed an expression of enlightenment.

"The young master even knows when the prince is practicing martial arts and when he is studying, and he can also get the beautiful jade that the prince carries with him. He must be a very trusted person around the prince. But if a person like the prince comes to Suzhou from the capital together with the prince, Lu So-and-so doesn’t know anything—” He suddenly leaned forward as he spoke, his eyes darkened suddenly, and he stretched out his hand to pinch Zhen Xian’s chin, “Before His Highness Prince Jing came back from the north, there was no such thing as a young master in Suzhou’s borders. No. people."

This move was too unrestrained, it happened so suddenly, it was completely different from all the gentleness and politeness before, it made Zhen Xian froze for a moment, and let him hold it straight.

On the other hand, Brother Su, who was on the side, straightened up "shua" when he saw this, like an angry little tiger, he scolded angrily, "Let go of Brother Zhen!" He had already aimed his sleeve arrow at Lu Lan.

Zhen Xian was startled awake by the sound, subconsciously retreated, embarrassed and remorseful.

He is not a person who is easily provoked, but when he heard Lu Lan questioning Jiafei's military exploits in such words, he couldn't help but refute.Then being stabbed by Brother Su anxiously added such a "Brother Zhen", he really said everything that shouldn't be said.

However, Yingzhou battle was fought so hard, others could only see the triumphant glory, how could they see that His Highness is really fighting with his life?He just didn't want to hear someone say something bad about His Highness.

Knowing that Zhen Xian made a mistake and lost this move, he had no choice but to sigh secretly.

Lu Lan himself was quite calm, and immediately withdrew his hand, with a triumphant smile on his lips, "Master's surname is Zhen. Speaking of which, I remembered that when I was young, I went to Beijing with my grandfather and visited Mr. Zhen Guo. It happened before Zhenyuan."

Speaking of this, it is meaningless to refuse or deny it.

It was originally calculated.

Zhen Xian had no choice but to respond with a sigh: "Boss Lu is well informed, but Zhen Xian is just an insignificant person, so it's not worth Boss Lu's trouble."

"Mr. Zhen's words are wrong. If you are a small person, how would Lu dare to talk about big things with you?" Lu Lan's smile grew stronger.He stared at Zhen Xian carefully, unwilling to let go of any change in expression that could be caught, and continued to speak unhurriedly: "It has been so many years in a flash, sir, have you ever thought about what happened to that old case back then?"

"It's an old story, why bring it up again." Seeing that the topic was inevitably going in a direction that he didn't want to bring up again, Zhen Xian immediately refused.

But Lu Lan raised his eyebrows, and when he smiled, the hidden thorns in his voice had quietly emerged, "But what Mr. Zhen wants me to do now is somewhat similar to that 'old story'. Could it be that Mr. Zhen thinks Is Lu not hesitating his life?"

Sudden heart palpitations, Zhen Xian unconsciously clenched his fists, and even broke out in cold sweat.

The so-called "old things of the past" are nothing more than the matter of his Zhen family beheaded overnight.Even though he was young at the time, Yi was still in front of his eyes.

It was a painful past that he didn't want to look back on.

Time flies, and the time flies by.Of course, he also recalled countless times uncontrollably, thinking hard, why did his family members suddenly change from the powerful in the dynasty to the death row?Why was he flipping through books and practicing calligraphy with His Highness one moment, but the next moment he would be thrown into prison and wander thousands of miles away, and his life would be overturned so easily?

But still clueless.

He had no idea what happened that year.

The so-called companion king is like companion tiger, today's emperor has killed countless people in anger, only this old case, few people are willing to talk about it.He only vaguely heard that it was probably his father who contradicted His Majesty the Emperor and made His Majesty furious, so he must be killed.

It is common in ancient times to be convicted for speaking.

He also had no way of knowing what terrible things his father said that year, which even made His Majesty move to kill.But he always remembered the last words his father said to him before he was escorted to Lingnan.

In life, as long as you have a clear conscience, you can be fearless.

For so many years, he has always kept this sentence in his heart, telling himself not to live up to his father's teachings.

Lu Lan asked him a question, but he couldn't answer it.

Why do you say "the two are similar"?

Is there any connection or similarity between his deceased family members and the unspeakable case of Jiangnan Weaving Bureau?

Zhen Xian was about to ask questions aloud.

But he bit his lip.

Maybe it was just a bluff, just a cunning businessman trying to sway his opponent in a game to seize the upper hand.He couldn't continue to be led by the nose.

He really didn't want to talk about his family and past with Lu Lan at all.

Even in front of His Royal Highness Prince Jing, the forbidden area that I would never touch in my heart would be difficult to talk about, so how could I allow a stranger to explore it rashly.

What's more, he still needs this stranger now.

Zhen Xian exhaled deeply again and again, tried to calm himself down, sat down again and said slowly: "Boss Lu has been operating in Zhejiang for many years, and there is no shortage of charitable deeds to help the victims. For military use, piles of piles... are full of patriotism and love for the people."

However, Lu Lan seemed to have expected these remarks, and smiled lightly, with self-deprecating expressions in his eyes.

"My lord, you don't believe me." He lowered his eyes, looked at the clear tea soup in front of him with a smile, stretched out a finger, as if chasing and entangled with the curling smoke hovering on the incense burner, opened and closed his thin lips, and quietly came to a conclusion : "You just think that the life of Lu Lan alone is no match for the people in the world."

It is clearly a matter of life and death, but it is said so easily and indifferently.

He is obviously an elusive person, yet he is so transparent at this moment.

It doesn't matter if you don't know each other before or you don't know each other in the future.Even if you want to do this intentionally to block the torrent of the world with one person in vain, and invite you to enter the urn, people have no choice but to enter.

There was a sudden throbbing in his heart, and a voice told him clearly that he might get what he needed today, but he had already lost this game of chess.

Zhen Xian couldn't help but clenched his teeth and remained silent.

On the other hand, Lu Lan is still calm and calm, without the slightest solemnity of total life and death.He only stayed silent for a moment, tapped the case twice with his fingers, and his voice was soft when he laughed, "But Lu is a businessman, and he is talking about business, as long as the price is enough, he can talk about anything."

Zhen Xian asked hoarsely, "What does Boss Lu want?"

Lu Lan smiled slightly, "Eunuch Lu from the Weaving Bureau has been looking for someone recently. If anyone can hand this person over to Eunuch Lu, it must be a first effort. I believe His Royal Highness Prince Jing is also looking for this person."

Zhen Xian asked: "Boss Lu, does he know who this person is and who appointed him?"

Lu Lan shook her head slightly, "He's a eunuch."

Zhen Xian held his breath slightly.

As expected.

Sure enough, Zhang Siyuan also came to look for Lu Lan, not only did he look for it, but he was probably still in Lu Lan's hands at this time.

But Lu Lan didn't trust Zhang Siyuan.

It's no wonder Lu Lan.Although Zhang Siyuan is the person whose majesty the emperor secretly issued a secret decree, he is still affiliated with Dongchang on the surface.And as long as you are from Dongchang, you can't get around the supervisor of ceremonies.Lu Lan was just a private businessman, and he didn't dare to judge the power competition in it is normal.

If Lu Lan was determined to work for Lu Shiquan, he would have already handed over Zhang Siyuan to Lu Shiquan to show his loyalty.But Lu Lan was not like this.Maybe it's because they have some ideas about joining hands with His Highness Prince Jing.Or maybe just watching the situation.For Zhen Xian, he thinks it should be more of the former.Otherwise, he would not and would not be able to come to this moment.

After a little thought in his heart, Zhen Xian couldn't help lowering his voice: "His Royal Highness Prince Jing wants more than just this person."

Lu Lan nodded, and didn't answer the conversation immediately. Instead, it seemed like a small talk, and said to himself: "Did you meet some Dongchang fans on the way down the mountain the day before yesterday, and they almost had a conflict? Those fans didn't dare If you hide something from Shangfeng, once you hide it, there will be no way out, so Mr. Lu must have known about it. The old fox is shrewd, vicious and suspicious, and he will take action sooner or later. I came to Zhejiang. In Suzhou, there are not many people who can help the prince and the young master."

He suddenly turned the topic to this matter, Zhen Xian frowned, and unconsciously straightened his back.

It won't take long for Lu Shiquan to know that he and Brother Su came down the mountain, and he didn't expect to be able to hide the truth, it was just a race.

But Lu Lan's statement was counterproductive.

Not only this incident, from Lu Lan receiving the jade he sent through Zeng Daolun until now, step by step probing, observing, releasing information bit by bit, showing his bargaining chips, and constantly exerting pressure are all forcing He backed down.

Lu Lan knew exactly what he wanted, what His Royal Highness Prince Jing wanted.

But he couldn't find out what Lu Lan wanted.He can probably guess it, but guesses are just guesses after all.

"Boss Lu, His Royal Highness Prince Jing is a benevolent and reasonable person, you..."

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