Bastards

Xishan Huangzhuang, facing the cliff in the southwest, has a few wing rooms, which are extremely remote and almost uninhabited. Even such a big event as the prince's banquet, no one cares to clean it, let alone someone passing by.

The side room faces the cliff in front and the towering mountains in the back. The surrounding area is empty, no matter how big the movement is, no one will hear it.

Lan Qiao's voice was full of smoke, and he didn't call anyone, so he couldn't help being discouraged.

The prince, Mei Yan, suddenly broke into the assassin, and there was chaos everywhere. He also wanted to keep up with his master and try to protect him as much as possible, but he didn't know martial arts, so he couldn't resist the crowd's force. .

Climbing up with difficulty, seeing that Sha San still winked, he protected his master, he took a long breath, and kept his strength to drift with the crowd.Anyway, no matter how chaotic it is, it will eventually stop. As long as he is in one place, he can find the master.

In the end, it stopped, and when the master and Sha San got together to whisper together, it was not difficult for him to get through, he had to go through the entire field, and his head, face and body...was a little dirty, which hurt the master's face too much.

The servant of Mei Yan, who happened to be frightened, said that he was going to drink some water to calm down the shock. He asked, and learned that there was a place to clean himself, and it was not too far away. Sudden pain in the back of the neck and lost consciousness.

Waking up sitting on a chair, hands and feet bound, mouth stuffed with rags, the room was empty, nothing.Oh, it's not nothing, at least there are traces of spider web snakes crawling.It was extremely cold in the room, and the paper on the windows had been torn by the wind, but we could see the situation outside.

The cloth ball in his mouth was either impossible to get out, or it took some time. Lan Qiao's teeth were bleeding from grinding before he spit out the rags, but no matter how much he shouted, he couldn't call anyone.

He considers himself not a big shot, and can't figure out why others would tie him up.But on another thought, he's not that good, but his young master is good, so he was tied up for the young master's sake?Thinking that he might have caused his master trouble, Lan Qiao became even more anxious.

The ropes for hands and feet were not so easy to untie, they were very strong. Lan Qiaotou turned around vigorously, hoping to find something sharp.There is a piece of broken porcelain in the corner of the north wall. I don’t know if it was accidentally broken in the house and was not cleaned out, or it was brought by small animals such as snakes, rats, mice and ants. Although it is not too sharp, it looks hard enough.

Lan Qiao wants to get this tile.

Luckily the chair wasn't nailed to the ground.He stepped on the ground, exerted strength in his waist and legs, and jumped with the person and the chair together.Don't dare to jump hard, what if the landing is not stable?The master said, don't be in a hurry, it's easy to make mistakes.

The result was not in a hurry, and he also made a mistake.

With a "bang", the person and the chair fell to the ground.

His head hit the ground heavily, and Lan Qiao burst into tears, he was sorry for his master, he couldn't even do such a small thing well!

But I can't give up... The master is still waiting for him!

Lan Qiao tried hard, trying to sit up with the chair again.

As a result, there were too many head-knocking times, and the whole person was a little confused.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and waited for the Venus in front of him to run out, changed his strategy, no longer wanted to jump, and changed to rubbing.He fell to the ground with the chair on his side and couldn't even crawl. He could only use one arm and leg to rub against each other, like a caterpillar.

Humans can imitate the movements of caterpillars, but they are not as suitable for wriggling bodies as caterpillars. Soon, his hands, feet, arms and legs were rubbed with blood.

But he didn't stop.

While weeping, he continued to rub against the wall: "I'm not afraid of the cold...I'm not afraid of pain...Young Master, woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo L L L K L

"Tsk. Why are you so embarrassed every time I see you?"

Suddenly a human voice came from next to his ear, and Lan Qiao choked up his throat, hiccupping in fright: "Who...who?"

"It's so stupid, I can't even recognize my savior."

With the voice behind him, Lan Qiao rubbed hard and turned around, only to see the person coming, his eyes hesitated: "Who... are you? Do you recognize me?"

The man was even angrier: "You idiot! Forget about being stupid!"

Hearing the familiar voice of cursing, Lan Qiao opened his eyes wide: "Is it wood? I can't see clearly with the light behind your back!"

"Brother Mu!" The man walked away from the window, came over and opened the door, looked at the bloodstains on the ground, and then at the man who was so dirty that he couldn't even look at him, and couldn't help but clicked his tongue again, "It's really ugly. ah."

Seeing the slightly familiar square face, two thick and heavy eyebrows, and the obvious disgust in the light-colored pupils that he didn't want to hide, Lan Qiao's surprise turned into anger: "Why do men want to be so good-looking! "

"That's right." The man touched his chin and agreed very much, "Then you should continue to be ugly." He turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Lan Qiao was anxious, "Didn't you come here to save me?"

The man snorted coldly: "Why should I save you?"

"No... No, why are you here? This is the prince Mei Yan, are you not afraid of being caught? Could it be that the assassin was you at that time! No, I can't have anything to do with you... You should go, I don't want to give my family The young master caused trouble." Lan Qiao's expression changed, he was startled, annoyed and regretted for a while, and finally decided not to save this person.

The man looked up to the sky and sighed, squatted down and looked into Lan Qiao's eyes very seriously: "How did your young master tolerate you?"

Lan Qiao was very proud: "My young master is a good man!"

"If one is close to vermilion, one is red and one is close to ink, one is black. He must be very stupid."

"You are stupid! Your whole family is stupid! My young master is the smartest and best person in the world!" Lan Qiao was very angry.

"However—" the man touched his chin, "I'm really curious about the loyalty that can kill people."

Lan Qiao looked ugly, but he knew it was not time to waste time, so after hesitating for a while, he asked, "You...you will definitely do what you promised, won't you?"

"What do you think?" The man gave Lan Qiao a meaningful look, "What happened a few months ago, so quickly forgotten?"

"Your martial arts...is very high?"

"Nonsense!" The man rolled his eyes, "Otherwise, why did others not know about eating and drinking at the prince's plum banquet? If it wasn't for that stupid assassin, I would be full and go down the mountain now!"

Lan Qiao thought for a while, pursed his lips and frowned, and finally made a very difficult decision: "I'm like this, I'm afraid my young master will be worried, please do me a favor, help me find him, and make sure he's safe ,OK?"

Before the man could answer, he added: "You must not reveal your identity, you must not be seen by others, and you must not implicate my young master."

Xu Shi knew that the last sentence hurt a person's self-esteem. When he said it, his eyes dodged and he didn't look at the man.

The man snorted coldly: "It's very expensive to invite me."

"I know." Lan Qiao turned his head, "I will."

The man looked at the bloody Lan Qiao, and suddenly had a kind heart: "Do you want me to take you to find your young master?"

"You're stupid," Lan Qiao gave him a blank look, "What do others think when they see me like this? With you, it's no wonder that others don't pay attention!"

To be called stupid by a fool!

The man was furious, and violently tore off the rope on Lan Qiao's body: "This time the reward is doubled!"

Lan Qiao didn't say a word, frowned and suffered from severe pain, without haggling, he took off the purse at his waist and handed it to the man: "Let's make a deposit first, find my young master and show him, and he will know that you are I invited it. There was an assassin just now, and the prince’s side is in chaos. I don’t know where my young master is, but if he’s not there, he must be on the way to find me. You go back along the road, don’t use light skills to fly Straight line, so you won’t miss it.”

The man looked at the sweat on Lan Qiao's forehead, his eyes straightened slightly: "How do you know he will come looking for you?"

"I just know!" Lan Qiao squinted, "Anyway, just follow the direction I said, understand!"

The man didn't move, but raised his eyebrows, seemingly unhappy.

Lan Qiao flattened his mouth, took a deep breath, tilted his head and smiled at the man, his round eyes were wet like a puppy: "Please, okay?"

Only then was the man satisfied, he weighed the weight of his purse, and walked out: "Don't worry, there is nothing I can't do that my boss promised!"

……

Cui Yu fell down and sat next to the boulder, leaning on the stone wall with his hands, his eyes darkened intermittently.

This burst of blackness was not caused by the side effect of the ability, but because he thought of a very terrifying thing, his life was at stake, and it was imminent!

Yang Xuan was established as grandson by the late emperor when he was born, and after the death of the late emperor, the current emperor came to the throne, and he is a legitimate prince.But he was not liked by His Majesty, and he was kicked out by His Majesty not long after, and he never returned to court for many years.If the emperor doesn't mention it, the harem doesn't show mercy, and the officials don't say anything, it's as if there is no such prince in the world. As time goes by, everyone gets used to it, and no one pays attention to it.

But there are still people around Yang Xuan, who secretly nurture and support him, hoping that he will be successful in literature and martial arts, and in the future he can inherit the emperor's wishes, inherit the country, rule the world, strengthen the security, and promote the country's prestige.

The Holy Majesty must not know this, if he knew, he would not be indifferent. The Holy Majesty really hates Yang Xuan.

Others will not know, and no one will pay attention to what the young prince is doing and what he can do.

Where was Yang Xuan imprisoned by the sage?Who did he learn all about culture and martial arts?

Cui Yu hadn't paid attention to this issue before. Just for a moment, he suddenly remembered that in his previous life, Yang Xuan had mentioned to him that the Enci Temple was built by the deceased queen, and the Holy One used the word "filial piety" to force him to guard it. .

Chang'an, Huangzhuang, Huangci Temple, Yang Xuan should be here!

If there is no accident, if there is no one to help him, if there is no arrangement from a loyal person, he may never leave this place for the rest of his life!

Concubine Tian Guifei probably didn't know about it before, but now... she must know something, and even fought against each other in private.But power strife and intrigue are not easy things. If there is no concrete evidence for this kind of thing, it should be arranged and designed in advance.Who knows if Yang Xuan is hiding some kind of moth, just waiting for them to move?

It would be best if he could be killed without the Holy One knowing, but if not... then he would have to uncover it in a very natural and inadvertent way, completely ignoring himself.

An inner ghost appeared in Yang Xuan's team and was hunted down all the way to Chang'an. It was all written by Concubine Tian Gui or King Yue.He failed to intercept all the way, and lost Yang Xuan's trace for a long time, so he must be impatient.They may have also found out that Yang Xuan was not in the Huang'en Temple, so they deliberately set up a trap and opened this article inadvertently for others to read.

Who will see the most effect?

For the common people and court officials, it can only form rumors, it cannot be fatal in one blow, and it will give Yang Xuan time to prepare. Of course, he must show it to the Holy One!

Revealing this scene directly in front of the people of the Holy Majesty made the Holy Majesty angry. There will be no princes in the future!

Now Meiyan, there are two princes, a family, an important official, Li He, the censor who is not tolerated in the eyes of the audience, and Qiu Wuwei, the internal historian who is often accompanied by the holy car... The others are just fine. , this Qiu Wuwei, the official rank is not high, but he can walk in front of the emperor, he is a person who has been trusted by the Holy One, and the waiter beside him——

At the first sight, Cui Yu thought it was extraordinary, but now he is even more skeptical, whether he is the confidant of the Holy One, Qiu Wuwei deliberately invited him to accompany him, and let him watch from the sidelines!

People who have believed in the Holy Majesty, together with the Holy Majesty's confidantes and senior officials of the family, have seen the incredible truth, how could the Holy Majesty not believe it!

So today's Mei Yan, suppressing the aristocratic family, using him to make an example of others, these are all small things, the bigger tricks are coming later!

No wonder King Chang said that he was not of sufficient status, yes, how could he be qualified to participate in such a big event as a bastard with no official status!

However, because he was worried, he drove Yang Xuan away.Right now there is no one around, how can I find Yang Xuan?

Not caring so much, Cui Yan closed his eyes first and felt Yang Xuan's position.After feeling it, my knees started to hurt, and the side effects were almost unstoppable.But the result is quite gratifying, Yang Xuan may be worried about some accident, although he left, it is not far away, it should be at the foot of the mountain...

Cui Yan looked at his legs and feet solemnly. With him like this, can he run over to inform Yang Xuan in time?The two county kings of Pingchang have started to take the next step...

Do you want to ask others for help?

If he was 'accidentally' seriously injured, others would not care about it, especially since he had just demonstrated the ability of the magic stick, so he walked around and begged, maybe going down the mountain is not that difficult?

The thoughts in his eyes were intense, and ideas gradually emerged in his heart. Cui Yu prayed in his heart that there would be enough time for himself and Yang Xuan.

"Are you Cui Mata?"

As a result, before he could move, a voice came from the front.He turned his head to look over, and saw that the visitor was in his twenties, with a strong figure, square eyebrows, and a powerful aura exuding from his whole body.This kind of aura...was somewhat similar to Yang Xuan's, brutal, brutal, powerful, and not to be underestimated; it was different from Yang Xuan's, it lacked the natural and noble domineering style, and more of the slickness of messing around.But no matter how you look at it, they are all righteous. Although they look up and down presumptuously, they are not annoying.

"I am, may I ask you—"

"A little idiot asked me to come." The man shook his purse, "Do you recognize it? He was worried about your danger and asked me to come and see you."

Cui Yu's eyes brightened: "Lan Qiao! Where is he and what's going on!"

"It's a bit embarrassing, but it's good." When the man spoke, he kept his eyes on Cui Mata, surprised, curious, but not frivolous. "You fit the description of that idiot, you look good."

Cui Yu took this as a compliment: "Thank you. I haven't asked for advice—"

"My name is Mu Mu. I rescued that little idiot in the water four months ago."

wood?It doesn't match the personality of this person at all.But four months ago... was it time for them to cross the Wei River and go to Chang'an to be in danger?

When Lan Qiao came back, he said that he was rescued. When he mentioned the savior, he gritted his teeth and said that he was a very fierce and annoying person, but he did not say anything about his temperament and ability. He was full of praise, and even saw Yang Xuan practicing martial arts once. , he also commented casually: The people who hate even have the same martial arts momentum!

So this person in front of him...should have a bad mouth, like to tease people, but his character is not bad, and his martial arts are also very high.

Cui Mata suddenly had an idea.

With the last bit of effort, he felt the person before him without any ill feeling. This person will definitely not be against him.

"I heard from Lan Qiao that you are willing to help others." His voice trembled slightly, and his eyes looked hopeful.

The man is wary: "I'm just happy to make money."

"Could you please do me a favor?" There was not much time, and Cui Yu really couldn't waste any more, and he didn't want to explain too much, "Help me find someone, send a message, it's very urgent."

The man's eyes narrowed slightly, and his light-colored pupils were emotionally unstable: "So trust me?"

"I believe in Lanqiao." Cui Mata smiled wryly, "And I don't have time anymore."

The man looked at Cui Yu for a while, and agreed loudly: "Okay! You can rest assured, I have never failed to do what I promised. Where is this man, what age and appearance, what letter do you want to send?"

"It's at the foot of the mountain to the east, not more than five miles away, thirteen or fourteen years old, about my height, with long sword eyebrows, narrow phoenix eyes, high martial arts, strong vigilance, looks a bit fierce... But if you take This," Cui Yu took off a jade ring from his waist, "he will never doubt you."

The man took Yuhuan, thoughtful: "But the person who took that idiot away at that time? Hiding in the dark, unwilling to show his face, he has a bad temper at a young age."

Cui Yan thought about it, at that time Lan Qiao was indeed found by Yang Xuan, the two recognized each other really well: "That's right!"

"What do you want me to bring?"

Cui Yu frowned slightly, thinking silently.

This person has no malicious intentions, and seems to be very credible, but after all, he doesn't know the background, so it's okay to be in a hurry, but he can't tell all the confidential things.Cui Yu thought for a while and said a word: "Filial piety. Loyalty and filial piety. You just tell him, and Cui Yu reminds him of this word, and he should understand."

The man took a deep look at Cui Yu: "Okay."

"Then..." Cui Yan looked into the man's eyes with a smile, "I'm not feeling well, and it might be troublesome to be here with Lanqiao. If you finish this matter, can you come back to help immediately? I'm relieved to hear back. "

The man smiled, with a meaningful expression on his face: "Don't worry, I'm not interested in other people's secrets, and I'll leave when I bring them."

"You're thinking too much," Cui Yu said with a serious face, "I really just think it's a bit difficult to help Lan Qiao down the mountain, and I want to give you an extra escort business."

Just as the man was about to leave, he suddenly remembered: "Why don't you go with me?"

"Because it's troublesome. I don't know martial arts. No matter how good your concealment skills are, my aura may be discovered. Time is of the essence. A lot of things is worse than nothing."

At this moment, the man suddenly felt that Cui Yu's smile was very familiar, a bit like Lan Qiao scolding him for being stupid...

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to maintain his demeanor: "By the way, you don't seem to know where the blue bridge is, he is—"

"I know." Cui Yu smiled, confident and calm, with an extraordinary bearing, as if a banished fairy had come to this world, "Brother Mu, just go ahead, and look for us at Lanqiao when you look back."

The man glanced at Cui Yu, his eyes were curious and puzzled, and there was some inexplicable expectation in his eyes.He has an intuition that this boy is very interesting and will surprise him even more.

Cui Mata watched the man leave, his knees were in severe pain, and his body began to lose strength.He gritted his teeth, leaned on the stone wall, leaned on the tree, and walked towards the direction of the blue bridge little by little.He reminded himself not to stop, not to fall, bleeding from his mouth, trembling legs and feet, before turning to the wing with difficulty.

Lan Qiao was carefully cleaning the wound on his arm facing the water. He raised his eyes unexpectedly and saw the young master walking slowly in the snow, with a smile on his face and a graceful figure. Seeing himself, it seemed as if he had accomplished something important, and he finally felt relieved... …

"Master!" Lan Qiao rushed out with tears in his eyes.

But he only had time to catch the fallen Cui Mata.

"Here...wait."

Cui Yu only had time to say this before fainting.

"Young Master——Young Master!" Lan Qiao hugged Cui Yu, and forgot to cry, burning with anxiety.

……

Mei Yan was disrupted by the assassin, but King Chang did not want to stop there, and led the guests to continue.Originally, this time should be meal time, but this year's first snow fell, and there were fiery red plum branches, which were very beautiful, so King Chang proposed to admire the plums.

Everyone came here for a meal, and the host is the royal family, so of course the guests can do whatever they want, and the king of Changjun can do whatever he wants.As for whether they are hungry...the various game shows before the banquet are not just for them to watch, there are always refreshments on the table.

Even if you are really hungry...then you are hungry. The ministers on duty in the court are often starving because they are late at night. What do they care about?

So everyone cooperated very well, one said that this old plum was quite strong, and the other said that this white plum was a bit beautiful... I thought that as long as there were no more assassins and moths, it would be fine to live in peace.

King Changjun was very elegant, he pulled King Pingjun to appreciate it, and even coaxed King Pingjun to compose a poem. Everyone applauded for their face, as if they had witnessed some amazing miracle.

Finally, a road for appreciating plum blossoms was completed, and everyone walked to a temple without knowing it.

The gate of the temple is tightly closed, with a copper ring for the beast's title on it, the gate post is painted red, and the gate is slightly higher. There is a plaque with gold characters on a black background, and the three characters of "Huangci Temple" are written.

This is where?

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but King Chang asked directly.

Prince Ping obviously didn't think about it either. He frowned and pursed his lips. It was the servant behind the two who reminded him: "This... is the place where the sage ordered that person to be filial."

that...

Is it!

The matter of the crown prince is not a secret, but it was gradually forgotten because no one mentioned it. Now that he was reminded, everyone almost remembered that the crown prince, Yang Xuan, was raised by the late emperor in the Huangci Temple in Xishan!

Everyone was staring, staring at the gate of the temple.

"Oh, it's the third brother..." King Chang tilted his head and smiled, "It's fine if I didn't have a chance before, but I'm at the door today, so how can there be no reason to miss it?" He commanded the servants around him, "Go, go up and knock Door."