A glance at the spring breeze

The things described in that note were very ups and downs.It roughly said that Wei Wanpin was assassinated to death at midnight last night, but the palace people of Furong Palace spoke convincingly, saying that they saw Mr. Ruan of He Yuxuan personally killed her with a short blade, and then Mr. Ruan injured her. The palace servants fled over the wall, and when the guards surrounded He Yuxuan, they found that there was only Eunuch Yu who was tied up by five flowers and was crying bitterly, and Mr. Ruan had long since disappeared.

After hastily scanning the page of the letter, Ruan Lan stroked the powder on her face that made him quite uncomfortable.

He had already taken off the fake beard and eyebrows that stuck to his face, but because of the urgent time for fleeing, he didn't have time to wash off the make-up that the man sprinkled on his face yesterday.

"Lord Ruan..." As one of Princess Yueyang's most trusted right-hand men, Bao Qi sometimes cannot control her emotions as she pleases, making it easy for outsiders to know her inner thoughts, but she often has a very quick response to things that are caught off guard. responsiveness and receptivity.Bao Qi quickly recovered from the shock, and asked: "...My lord... Did you want to ask your servant any questions just now?"

Ruan Lan handed the letter to Bao Qi again: "No... I already know the result."

"From this biography?"

Ruan Lan suddenly changed the subject, pointing to his white, tender and shiny face, and said, "Bao Qi, what do you think of the makeup on my face?"

Bao Qi didn't expect that Mrs. Ruan, who has always been serious, would ask her such a question, so she paused for a while, followed Ruan Lan's words and observed carefully up and down, before saying: "It's gone without last night. That obtrusive beard and eyebrows are really pretty..."

Ruan Lan pressed his face: "Don't you find it strange?"

Bao Qi understood, and said, "Your Excellency, you have changed your face. This is not your face."

Ruan Lan agreed, and asked again: "I will disguise myself?"

Bao Qi said: "Looking at it this way, my lord will indeed change his face."

Ruan Lan shook her head again: "But I really can't. I didn't draw this face, but someone else. When that person helped me change my face, he told me that he was entrusted by the princess."

"What?! Impossible." Bao Qi denied, explaining, "From the very beginning, the princess has left the matter of helping the lord out of the palace to the servants to handle with full authority, and helping the lord to leave the palace last night was also handled by the slaves alone. Therefore, in this matter The slaves also know all about the people who help you. The slaves really don’t know the person who is disguised, so how can they let him enter the palace to help the lord disguise...?"

At this time, Ruan Lan squatted down and took a photo by the stream, and immediately saw a face that had similar features to his but was completely different.The mole on the right eyebrow is gone, the lips are half a circle thicker than before, and the nose is straight but not as high as his.

"You're right, but...although I don't know how to disguise myself, when you saw me last night, you thought I was going out of the palace in disguise, and time is running out, and it's important to hurry, as long as you see the agreed secret crown hat... ..."

Bao Qi frowned and interrupted him: "No, the secret code agreed between the imperial concubine and the princess is not a hat."

Ruan Lan boarded the carriage, took out the hat he wore after leaving the palace yesterday, and walked back to Bao Qi: "Isn't it this hat?"

"No." Bao Qi reached out and grabbed the two gray bird feathers on the tip of the hat, "The code we agreed on... is the feather of the messenger bird of the consort's mansion."

Ruan Lan suddenly realized.

For some reason, those assassins behind the scenes did not tell the princess about his regained eyesight, but if Baoqi found that he was not blind as soon as he left the palace, he would definitely have doubts about the assassins talking about the palace at night. Go over the reason and process of the incident with Bao Qi, and you will know that you have been fooled.At this time, if Ruan Lan did not leave the imperial city as quickly as they wished, but did something else that they could not predict, then those people might not be able to smoothly assassinate Wei Wanpin as planned and put the blame on he.

They therefore gave him a crowned hat with a very wide brim, which was wide enough to cover the upper part of his face, and they gave him thick eyebrows, so that if he took it off he would look In the dim night, it was enough to cover him for a while, so that Bao Qi would not easily see his eyes.What's more, the situation was urgent at that time, Bao Qi was riding a horse in front of him, how could he have extra time to observe him?

If Ruan Lan did not make a mistake, she and Bao Qi had already left the secret passage last night.In the city, they basically walked on winding and rugged paths, which were too dark for Baoqi to find, but there was an open space outside the secret path, the surrounding area was extremely open, there were no tall buildings, and the moonlight could shine all over the field.Even if Bao Qi found out that he could see at that time, it would be too late, because by then the assassin would most likely have gotten his hands on him, escaped early, and blamed him.

As for why the black hand behind the scenes took such a big risk to hide the fact that his eyesight had recovered...it probably wanted to keep their role as the messenger between the princess and him.If it is known that he can see, the princess will most likely have a way to make him bypass Eunuch Yu and the hidden guards, and then let her own people pass on the escape to him, so that the assassin's entry into the palace that night will be completely exposed , the lie will be exposed accordingly.Therefore, they had to conceal the truth about Ruan Lan's eyes. Just in case, even the emperor and Eunuch Yu couldn't know, so when they first learned about it, they warned him not to reveal it to others.

Ruan Lan sighed secretly in her heart, she really played a good game of chess.

As for who is behind this scene.It's not that Ruan Lan doesn't want to find out, in fact, he has guessed about this question from the beginning, but he has been unwilling to continue thinking about it.

The mysteries in the previous palace seemed to be explained in an instant.When the maid in the Furong Palace died, it was a coincidence that there was a little bit of Ruan Lan's wound medicine that had been exchanged a few days ago hidden between her nails.The woman's corpse was thrown into the well, not at will, but to make people think that Wei Wan concubine ordered the maid to change Ruan Lan's medicine, and then killed her to silence her.In this way, everyone will know that there is a grudge between her and Ruan Lan.Then, it is not surprising that he killed Wei Wanpin out of revenge last night.

If all of this can be explained...then the direct beneficiary of Wei Wanpin's death, the person that Bao Qi talked about with the princess...

Isn't it the girl Wang who has known him since childhood?

He remembered that a few days ago, on a certain afternoon when his head was still covered with white gauze, Miss Wang was waiting for him beside He Yuxuan to reminisce about the old days.

He ignored it, but felt troubled in his heart.

Unexpectedly, the facts are quite different from this appearance. The girl next door has now become a royal concubine, and she even wants to get rid of him, and she can't even keep him.

One trick kills two birds with one stone.

Really unpredictable.

Seeing Ruan Lan standing silently for a long time, Bao Qi reminded her: "My lord, should we continue on our way, or...?"

"Change another destination." The capital is in the north, and Yu Yang is in the southeast. If they continue to move southeast according to the original plan, there may be accidents, why not...

He continued: "Then we won't enter Yuyang, we will go to the southwest, and we will go to Tianfu."

"Tianfu?!" Baoqi said in amazement, "However, Tianfu is separated from this place by hundreds of thousands of miles, and it may not be possible to reach it with only a horse-drawn carriage."

Ruan Lan shook her head: "Please trouble Baoji to drive me to the next town in the southwest. After arriving, you can go back and do business."

Bao Qi asked: "Then what should you do, my lord?"

Ruan Lan faced the southwest and looked at the green and lush fields: "At that time, I will buy a good horse from the dealer and go to Tianfu quickly."

Bao Qi thought to herself, the princess asked her to send Lord Ruan to a safe place and then go back, if she really followed the Lord's plan, she would not be disobedient to the Princess' order, so she clasped her fists and replied: "Then it will be as Lord Ruan said. , When we arrive at the next town, the slaves will return to the capital. Your lord must take care of yourself from now on, and after this parting, I don’t know when it will be until we see each other again.”

Ruan Lan smiled at her, and returned the salute with her fists cupped.Bao Qi got on the horse, while he squatted down and washed off the makeup on his face with the stream water.

In the middle of washing, I suddenly heard Bao Qi say: "My lord, you don't seem to have brought any clothes with you when you left the palace this time?... However, I see that you brought an iron box. look?"

"Don't move!" At this moment, Ruan Lan closed her eyes and shouted.

Ruan Lan stood up and barely opened her watery eyelids, only to see that Bao Qi was turning her head stiffly to look at him, her face full of surprise.

Seeing that the iron box in the carriage was lying intact on the seat, and Bao Qi didn't seem to want to reach for it, Ruan Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and explained embarrassingly: "This iron box contains extremely precious treasures. I am afraid that it will break once I open it, so..."

Bao Qi understood: "Since that's the case, Bao Qi won't look at it, sir, don't worry, Bao Qi is not the kind of person who has to watch."

"Very good." Ruan Lan nodded in praise, and continued to wash her face. What she was thinking was that if Bao Qi saw that he had brought a few erotic pictures with him when he left the palace, then he would jump into the room in shame. Can't be in the river...

After driving for about three hours, the two finally arrived at Langchi.

Now the weather has entered the scorching heat, and the afternoon sun in the corridor pool is shining brightly, but the street is full of people, as if some kind of lively gathering is being held.People chatted with each other happily, no one was empty-handed, and even half-grown children had their hands full of chicken, duck and cloth.

After asking, I found out that it happened that a caravan from the Western Regions and a caravan from Lingnan came here at the same time, and they brought a lot of fresh, practical, high-quality and cheap goods.The people in the city had learned of this exciting news one month ago, and they were waiting on the street early this morning, and now they are rushing to buy them.

Bao Qi rode in front and said: "My lord, I think the people in Langchi are very rich. When I was inquiring about the inn just now, I saw a man from the Western Regions selling a small pot that looked good. When I asked about it, it cost [-] Wen. I didn’t expect that there would be a group of people scrambling for it, just like scrambling for cabbage, and I heard that there are still people who want to increase the price, it’s crazy.”

Ruan Lan liked the pleasant atmosphere in the corridor pool very much, and couldn't help but lift the curtains of the carriage and look out.Looking at the smiling faces of the people outside the carriage, he suddenly felt that the boredom in his heart had been relieved a lot, and he was also faintly happy with them.

People of all races gathered on the street. It should be because of the emperor's birthday that he made an exception to allow foreigners to market in the town.

Suddenly Bao Qi said again: "There is a caravan here, I don't know if the local inns are full."

Ruan Lan said: "It's okay, if I don't have a room, I'll sleep on the street, anyway, I don't have any valuables on me."

Baozhi said "Oh", and after a while, he said again: "Hey, but, sir, didn't you say that the box contained extremely precious things? How can you sleep on the street casually?"

"..." Ruan Lan was silent, and suddenly saw the signboard of a restaurant not far away, and suddenly seemed to see a savior, "Bao Qi, the inn is here!"

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Ruan Lan pointed to her face: "Bao Qi, who is better between me and Yin Jian in the capital?"

Bao Qi: You are beautiful!

Duke Xu in the north of the city: ...