When Ding Minjun woke up the next morning, the first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to look at the golden bell ropes wrapped around the two eaves pillars at the other end of the room.
Last night, the Mingjiao was one person under ten thousand people, the majestic and bright left envoy Yang Xiao, who had a comfortable bed and stayed awake but wanted to rob her of the golden bell cable. , sleeping on a piece of gauze not much wider than his palm, and thanks to his great martial arts skills, she woke up several times in a daze, and every time she checked, she saw that he was sleeping peacefully, but she For myself, I didn't let go of my heart until it was almost dawn and fell asleep, so that I didn't wake up until now.
She stretched, got up, washed her face and rinsed her mouth, changed into a dress with powder foundation and gold thread embroidery, and when she was sitting in front of the bronze mirror to do her makeup, she hesitated for a moment, and took out the swing that Yang Xiao gave her yesterday. Chiseled in the hair, and then used some prepared porridge and side dishes. She stood up and was about to go downstairs when she saw Yang Xiao standing in the courtyard on the first floor with his hands behind his waist from the wide open window. Teaching that kid who bumped into her yesterday to practice martial arts?
Ding Minjun was a little curious, walked closer and looked down, but was slightly taken aback, he was completely attracted by the tall and tall man with his back to her.
In the past, she had only seen Yang Xiao wearing plain white coarse cloth robes at first glance, but today he rarely wore a black brocade robe with wide sleeves and a waist, with dark patterns of the same color embroidered on the hem. Touching the girdle about two palms wide, the string she gave is still hanging on it, like a handsome nobleman.
She was in a daze, and was a little crazy for a while.
As if aware of her gaze, Yang Xiao who was below suddenly turned his head with sharp eyes, and brushed the side of his face with his high ponytailed hair.After discovering that it was her, his gaze suddenly became soft, and for a moment it was like a breeze blowing on his face, wrinkling a pool of spring water.
Seeing the smile in the corner of his eyes, Ding Minjun couldn't help but also frowned, looking at him from afar.
For a time, the years are quiet.
After a while, she went downstairs to the courtyard with the hem of her skirt in her hand, motioned to Yang Xiao who was coming up to the child who was sprinting in the courtyard, and asked softly, "Are you...?"
He glanced at her softly, and said: "This child is not bad at all, I have decided to take him as an apprentice." After saying that, he waved to the child and shouted: "Xi Chao, come here."
The child immediately stood up straight when he heard the words, and although his calves were still sore and trembling slightly, he still walked steadily step by step in front of Ding Minjun, then knelt down with a plop, bowed his head and said: "Disciple Gu Xichao, I have seen my wife! "
"What——" Ding Minjun was taken aback. He was really ashamed and annoyed by the address he said, and angrily slapped Yang Xiao's arm, and said in a low voice, "What nonsense are you talking about to other children, who?" After a pause, she blushed slightly and whispered, "Which one is his teacher's wife!"
Yang Xiao liked Gu Xichao's ability to read people's hearts very much. He held her hand calmly, waved to the disciple who had straightened up, and signaled him to continue practicing, and only approached her ear after he walked away. Bian jokingly said: "Anyway, sooner or later, so why not call now?"
The magnetic voice that was deliberately lowered seemed to be flirting.
The warm breath sprayed on the side of the neck, and half of Ding Minjun's body was slightly numb.The roots of her ears were red as if they could bleed, and she hurriedly took a step back, just happened to see Hongwu passing by, her eyes lit up immediately, as if she had met a savior, she hurried over and grabbed her arm as if to get her Go out with her.
Hong Wu was dragged out of the door with a dazed face, she had no choice but to turn her head and wink at the woman who was following her, asking her to report to Yang Zuoshi.
The woman nodded, showing a pretty face, she was the girl in the water blue dress who went to entertain the group of Mongolians yesterday.She came in front of Yang Xiao, crossed her arms in front of her chest and saluted, and said: "My subordinate, Luyao, has seen Yang Zuoshi."
At this time, Yang Xiao had put away the gentle expression that was only shown in front of Ding Minjun, and returned to his arrogant and clean-eyed appearance, and asked casually with lowered eyes: "What are those Mongolians doing?" backing?"
The woman lowered her head and replied respectfully: "I would like to inform Yang Zuoshi that the group of Mongols came from Dadu, and there seems to be a little prince among them. After they came to Yangzhou, they have been hanging around in various romantic places in Fireworks and Willow Lane. It looks like they are here to have fun, but secretly they seem to be looking for someone."
Hearing this, Yang Xiao finally raised his eyelids to look at her, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"This..." The woman knelt on one knee, lowered her head in fear and replied, "This subordinate is incompetent, and I haven't found out yet."
"Three days." Yang Xiao said calmly, "I want to know the exact news within three days."
The woman quickly crossed her hands in front of her chest and replied, "Yes!"
After she retreated, Yang Xiao turned his head to look at the burning incense sticks on the stone table, and called out to Gu Xichao, who was already sweating profusely and whose legs were trembling, and said mercilessly: "Go for another stick of incense by yourself. If you can persist, then the teacher will start teaching you the basic skills. If you can't persist, then go to the execution room to receive ten lashes."
The panting young boy heard the words, not only did he have no complaints, but a look of joy appeared on his face, and there was an undisguised ambition in the depths of his two dark eyes.
He is very smart and knows what a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this is for him, even if Master treats him harshly, so what?His mother was a famous prostitute in a brothel, the son of a prostitute, and she was a lowly family from birth.In order to change his destiny, he will use all means to seize every opportunity to climb up, but it's just a bit of hardship, what's the point?
Yang Xiao observed his performance with cold eyes, and quietly raised the corners of his lips, thinking that he would not regret accepting this apprentice.
What is ambition?Only children who are smart and have enough capital are qualified to be trained, and they can become his help in the future.If you really give him an honest fool, he won't bother to pay attention.
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On the other side, although Ding Minjun hurriedly pulled Hongwu who happened to be passing by out the door, but in fact, he really wanted to ask her for help.
After receiving the golden step from Yang Xiao yesterday, she had been thinking about buying something as a gift for him. After much deliberation, she still felt that the hair crown was the most suitable.
She told Hong Wu of her plan, and with a smile in her eyes, Hong Wu led her to a jewelry store in the west of the city.Others don't know the details of this store, but she knows it very well, it belongs to the property under the name of Wanmei Villa, there are many good things that cannot be bought in other stores, and there is only one of them, and the price is quite reasonable.
The "token of love" that Miss Ding gave to Yang Zuoshi must be unique no matter what.
Ding Minjun didn't know anything about her little thoughts, and had already opened his eyes wide and carefully selected them.Every time she picked up a hair crown, Yang Xiao's handsome and majestic face would appear in her mind, she held the hair crowns and tried them one by one, and finally chose a gold crown with a black base and a sapphire crown.
The gold-plated crown with a mysterious base was dignified and dignified, which matched his attire today; the sapphire crown was elegant and translucent, and it was also very suitable for his usual appearance when he was wearing white or blue clothes.
Satisfied with both, it was difficult for her to choose for a while.
Seeing Hongwu, she thoughtfully advised her: "If that's the case, why not buy both?"
"This..." Ding Minjun really wanted to buy it, but unfortunately he was so shy that the money he brought out might not be enough.
"What's the difficulty?" Hongwu took her hand, took off an agate bracelet from her wrist and handed it to the shopkeeper, leaving another sapphire bracelet of the same color as the hair crown, and explained her confusion: " This bracelet was also bought in this store, and there is a rule in this store that all items sold in his store can be exchanged for other items of the same value depending on how old they are, isn't it just a coincidence?"
When Ding Minjun heard that there were still such rules, he was overjoyed immediately, and only said that he would return the silver of the agate bracelet to her, so he exchanged the bracelet for the sapphire crown, and bought the gilt crown with a black base, and left there contentedly.
When the two reached the intersection, they suddenly heard the sound of a gong beating to clear the way from behind.They stopped to avoid it, and heard from the onlookers that the number one girl Qingluan of Shuangyelou was invited by nobles from Dadu to perform singing and dancing in the mansion.
Hongwu narrowed her eyes slightly after hearing the word "Dadu", and a trace of murderous intent flashed in her eyes.Ding Minjun didn't notice the difference in her expression, because when the sedan chair passed in front of them, she inadvertently saw the appearance of that "Girl Qingluan" through the gauze curtain blown away by the wind—was it she who was there last night? The dancing girl rescued from the boat?
The other party seemed to have seen her too, and his originally sad and joyless expression suddenly became a little excited. He opened and closed his mouth as if he wanted to say something to her, but he only had time to throw out a handkerchief wrapped in a sweat towel. The golden hairpin just fell into her arms.
Ding Minjun picked up the hairpin and looked at it suspiciously, recalling the other party's expression at that time, with panic in despair, as if there was still a desperate decision, he paused slightly, and felt that something was not right.
She told Hong Wu her guess, Hong Wu nodded in agreement, and said to her: "Let's go back now and discuss it in the long term."
Ding Minjun nodded, and wrapped the golden hairpin in a sweat towel again, and put it in his sleeve pocket.
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When they returned to Lingyin Pavilion, the servants guarding the gate immediately led them to the private room on the second floor.
Hongwu went in with Ding Minjun, and as soon as she raised her eyes, she saw Sai Keli standing silently behind Yang Xiao like an iron tower, so she immediately understood that Yang Zuoshi was planning to pierce the thin window paper, with the same Miss Ding confessed everything.
She understood immediately, stopped a few feet away, crossed her arms on her chest, bowed her head and said: "Master Hongwu of the Dimen, see Yang Zuoshi."
In the end, he raised his eyes to see Ding Minjun's expression. As expected, he had the expected appearance. He only raised his willow eyebrows slightly, and unexpectedly he was a little similar to Yang Zuoshi in normal times.
She breathed a sigh of relief without any trace, and straightened her posture to report what she just encountered on the street.
Ding Minjun sat down at the table without changing his face, took out the gold hairpin wrapped in a sweat towel and handkerchief from his sleeve pocket and handed it over.
Yang Xiao reached out to take it, played with his fingertips, and asked casually: "You said that girl Qingluan threw it into your arms deliberately avoiding others?"
Ding Minjun nodded, and said: "But I have checked this hairpin several times, and I haven't found anything unusual. It seems to be just an ordinary hairpin."
Yang Xiao raised his eyebrows lightly, turned sideways, tilted his head to look at her leisurely and said, "Have you ever thought that maybe the secret is not on this hairpin?"
"Where else can it be?" Before she finished speaking, she seemed to realize something suddenly, her gaze immediately turned to the square sweater, and suddenly said: "Could it be..."
"Look." Yang Xiao rolled up the sweat towel and handkerchief and tossed it up lightly. He couldn't throw it very high and then fell leisurely. He caught him again and said, "The handkerchief is very light. If it wasn't a little heavier It is difficult to throw it into your arms accurately, so she wrapped a gold hairpin. In this way, it can increase the weight and improve accuracy, and can also conceal her real intentions. After all, the valuable gold hairpin A hairpin is much more conspicuous than an ordinary sweat towel, isn't it?"
After finishing speaking, he leaned forward slightly, and handed the handkerchief back.
After taking it, Ding Minjun laid it flat on the table, pointed to the only embroidered orchid pattern on it and asked in doubt: "But there is nothing on it?" He spread it out again, picked it up and looked for the right angle to shine it on the light, Still can't see what's going on.
Yang Xiao stretched out his hand to her, beckoning her to give him the handkerchief, then picked up the wine and white vinegar that Hongwu brought over, dipped a brush and brushed it, but there was still no change.
"This..." Hong Wu looked at Yang Xiao puzzledly, and asked doubtfully, "Could it be that this is really just an ordinary sweat towel?"
"Impossible." Yang Xiao resolutely vetoed her guess, "According to your description, the situation was urgent, and the other party could not have done such a meaningless thing...Huh?" With a small smile, he asked leisurely, "Is there something that women often use, but men generally don't touch?"
Ding Minjun thought about it after hearing it, and said casually, "Just the rouge." Then he was taken aback, and looked at Hongwu, who, without her needing to say anything, had already gone to the dressing table to get the rouge with a wink. Pass it into her hands.
She opened the lid, took some with her fingertips, and wiped it on the square sweat towel. Soon, some messy lines gradually appeared in the empty place.
Hong Wu's eyes widened, and she couldn't help admiring: "So that's it, what a clever idea, this girl Qingluan is really not simple!"
Ding Minjun glanced at her approvingly. After all the patterns appeared on it, he studied it carefully, and said uncertainly: "This... seems to be a map? It's a pity that there is only a small part, and I can't tell where it is."
Yang Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and pointed out: "If you want to know the whole thing, just ask that Qingluan girl?"
After all, after being together day and night for a long time, Ding Minjun was able to understand his thoughts gradually, and said, "Are you going to meet those Mongolians?"
Yang Xiao smiled recklessly, and said, "Isn't there a little Mongolian prince among those people? Since he came here from a long distance, why not stay here forever."
How conceited to have already arranged the end of the other party in a few words!However, Ding Minjun nodded firmly, without any doubt that he would miss.
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It's night, the post office in the city.
A group of people changed into black night clothes that are more convenient for concealment, jumped off the roof of a tall building next to them, and landed on the roof of the post without a sound. Yang Xiao nodded, and gently moved a few tiles to spy.
The position of their feet was very ingenious, so that they could see the whole picture of the little Mongolian prince sitting on the grand master's chair in the middle at a glance, and the girl Qingluan who was kneeling on the ground with her back to them.
Qingluan's description is messy, the original tender green tulle dress on her body is already dirty and ugly, with blood oozing out, she must have been severely tortured, and she doesn't know what secret she is hiding, which can attract long-term residents. The royal family and nobles of Dadu came here all the way, and even condescended to torture them in person, but they took advantage of their Mingjiao and caught this big fish without any effort.
The torture below continued.
This little Mongolian prince, whose real name is Chacha Tomur, is the only son of the King of Shonan.The King of Shonan and the King of Ruyang were both the right arm of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, one for collecting the wealth of the world, and the other for the south and north wars. It can be said that they jointly supported half of the current Yuan Dynasty.
In recent years, King Ruyang has focused on regaining the martial arts in the Central Plains. When the King of Shonan provided him with manpower and material support, he accidentally discovered that the small country Jinpeng Dynasty, which was wiped out in the process of breaking the Han Dynasty, survived. A huge treasure was brought down to restore the country. After years of investigation, they finally found out that the clue might be hidden in a brothel woman in Yangzhou City.
The identity of this brothel woman is not easy to say. Her father used to be the imperial painter of the royal family. Because her mother's family came from a down-and-out clan, she was also given the surname "Shangguan". She specialized in painting portraits for the royal family's children and concubines.It is said that on the night when the royal city was breached, he was the only one beside the last monarch who died for his country. The monarch had no choice but to dictate to him to draw a treasure map, which would be handed over to the little prince who escaped successfully in the future to help him restore his country.It's a pity that although the painter escaped in the end, he died before he could find the little prince. Before he died, he handed over the treasure map to his only daughter. In Fireworks Alley, he became a dancer who is good at dancing.
"Is what I said is true, Miss Shangguan?" The little Mongolian prince asked casually, playing with the whip in his hand.
Shangguan Qingluan, who had been lowering his head all the time, suddenly raised his head, and a line of bloody tears dripped from the corner of his eye that was cut by the whip tail, but he sneered and mocked: "I want me to tell you the treasure map, you dog!" Thief? Make your Spring and Autumn Dream!"
The little prince's eyes sharpened, his originally handsome face twisted slightly, and he scolded angrily: "If you don't eat the toast, you're courting death!"
After saying that, he raised his right hand holding the whip high——
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On the roof, joy flashed across the eyes of everyone.
Never expected that this little Mongolian prince turned out to be the only son of the King of Shonan!
This news was a surprise to Yang Xiao and the others. They did not expect that the fish caught this time was not only big, but also very fat.King Xiangan and King Ruyang are the right-hand men of the Mongolian Dog Emperor. If the only son of King Xiangan dies here this time, even if he can't break his arm, he will definitely be able to deal a serious blow to him!Over the years, they Mingjiao righteous men and the Central Plains Wulin have been forced by these two Mongolian princes enough. Now that the son who has been eyeballed by the King of Southern Hunan has come to his door, don't blame them for accepting it bluntly!
Thinking of this, everyone thought to themselves that the time was ripe, so they stopped waiting and immediately decided to make a move——
Yang Xiao broke off a corner of the tile, flexed his thumb and middle finger and ejected it, with a soft chirping sound, the rubble hit the young prince's wrist with the sound of breaking through the air, and only heard a miserable scream, the wrist was already broken. There was a blood hole, and blood was gurgling out.
"Who?!" The accompanying Mongolian guards turned pale with shock, immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths, and shouted angrily.Another waiter rushed forward, surrounded the little prince, frantically blocked the blood hole on his arm with cotton cloth to stop the bleeding, and screamed for the imperial doctor to come in.
The crowd no longer hesitated, they used their internal energy and slapped the roof down with a palm and jumped down. The moment they landed, Yang Xiao headed up to meet the two masters who had been guarding the little prince all along. These two were not Mongolians, they were Han. In this life, I look down on such lackeys who sell themselves for glory the most, so of course they will be merciless.
After him, Sai Keli and Hong Wu attacked the remaining Mongolian guards respectively. Each of them swung a scimitar from the Western Regions in each hand, swinging vigorously, like chopping melons and vegetables; The nine-section whip with barbs, if it gets on the flesh, it will take a large piece away, and it will be dripping with blood in an instant, which is extremely terrifying.
On the other side, after Ding Minjun landed, he threw a golden bell rope and hit the two big men who were detaining Shangguan Qingluan. He only heard two rings of Ding Ding in succession. In his mind, he unconsciously let go of his hands and hugged his head tightly, screaming hoarsely with a ferocious face, as if he had lost his mind.Taking advantage of the situation, Ding Minjun withdrew the golden bell cable, held a long sword in each hand, shattered the scabbard with his internal force, flipped his wrists and threw out both swords, one left and one right across their throats neatly, blood spattered all over in an instant, The two of them fell down without a word.
Shangguan Qingluan turned his head suddenly, and when he saw it was her, he immediately showed the expression of the survivors after a catastrophe, and said pleasantly: "You are really here, female hero!"
As her words fell, the door burst open, and a large group of Mongols armed with weapons roared in from outside.
Before Ding Minjun could speak to her, she turned her head and slapped the temple of the Mongolian officer and soldier who was attacking her back, beating his brains out immediately, and then she threw the sword in her left hand to Shangguan Qingluan for self-defense, and used it again The golden bells were used to focus on the faces of these Mongolian officers and soldiers from left to right, and the moves were swift. The water-red silk was like a swimming dragon. , making it difficult for the opponent to approach, and occasionally a few fish that slipped through her defense were killed one by one by her with the other hand-held sword.
However, after all, two fists are no match for four hands. As time passed, she gradually began to feel a little weak. When she was not paying attention, a Mongolian guard approached her and stabbed her in the back with a knife.
She only heard Shangguan Qingluan, who was protected behind her, exclaimed: "Be careful!" Her expression turned serious, knowing that it was too late for her to avoid it, she quickly lowered her body and lowered her center of gravity, trying to avoid this deadly attack at the cost of serious injuries. hit.
Just at this moment, Yang Xiao snatched the saber of one of the Han masters with his hands, swiped the sword like lightning, and wiped the opponent's neck with his backhand, but the moment he turned his head, he didn't expect that he saw this scene of tearing eyes. Immediately, he raised his eyebrows and shouted sharply: "Looking for death!" Flipping his wrist, he directly used the long sword as a dart, and raised his hand to throw it hard.
The long sword pierced obliquely into the abdomen of the Mongolian guard wrapped in thick internal force, and even though it was blocked by layers of flesh, it passed directly under the ribs and smashed the tall and burly Mongolian to the ground. Pull it up, and nail it to the vermilion pillar with a heavy sound.
Warm blood splattered on his forehead, Ding Minjun choked for breath, and suddenly turned around to look. Before he could stabilize his body, he was grabbed by the waist and pulled into his arms.Yang Xiao tightly hugged her waist to get close to him, stretched out his hand to caress her cheek, his narrow eyes showed a little fear, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you okay?"
Ding Minjun held his hand and shook his head, and retreated from his embrace. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly changed. He hurriedly pushed him away, raised his sword again and killed a Mongol who was trying to sneak up. She gave him a sideways look angrily, and signaled him to pay attention to the situation, this is still a bloody battle.Unexpectedly, although Yang Xiao withdrew his hand obediently, he did not join the battle again, but smiled calmly at her, and suddenly said: "It's almost time."
Before the words fell, Ding Minjun heard the sound of rushing outside the door. It turned out that it was Yang Xiao's other sect masters of Tianzi, Fengzi, and Leizi who led the disciples to come to support.
They seized the opportunity to attack this time, and they had a large number of people. It didn't take long for them to kill all the people brought by the little prince. After that, Yang Xiao stretched out his hand and broke his neck under his terrified eyes.
When retreating, the congregation who was in charge of sweeping the tail lit the entire post on fire, burning away all possible clues left behind.By the time the fire brought the local government office over, they had already returned to Lingyin Pavilion and passed the good news to Xu Da, the leader of the rebel army who was hiding in the mountains outside the city.
And that leader Xu was overjoyed after receiving the good news, and he was so convinced by the legendary Yang Zuoshi that he immediately decided to come over overnight to meet him.
In Lingyin Pavilion at this time, Miss Qingluan was telling everyone about her life experience.
"The little girl's real name is Shangguan Qingluan, and she is the only daughter of Shangguan Mo, the court painter of the Jinpeng Dynasty that was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty 40 years ago..."
"...When the late king died for his country, he ordered his father to hand over the treasure map to the little prince who escaped. Who knew that before the little prince was found, the four ministers of the auxiliary kingdom who were left alone by the late king came to the door first. Forcing my father to hand over the treasure map..."
When talking about the cause of her father's death, her originally dead expression suddenly became fierce, and she said in a hateful voice: "My father didn't die of illness, but was forced to death by those four people! Those four thieves did their own thing. , all had their own plans, and wanted to monopolize those treasures. They threatened my father with the lives of my mother and younger brother, but my father refused, so they beat my younger brother, who was only three years old at the time, to death in front of him! When she said this, her eyes were red, as if she was about to bleed: "I was playful at the time, and I sneaked to the mountain to pick fruits early in the morning, so I escaped. When I went back, my mother and younger brother were all dead I died, and my father was dying. After my father died, I obeyed his instructions and fled all the way south to Yangzhou. When I was about to die of starvation, I was picked up by Mama Liu in Shuangyelou. This is how it survives.”
"Shangguan Jin, Shangguan Mu, Yan Duhe, Yan Liben, the names of these four people, I will never forget them in my life!"
After gritting her teeth and calling out the names of these four people, she took a deep breath to adjust the emotions that were about to lose control, raised her hand and wiped away the tears on her face vigorously, then turned to Ding Minjun and said, "Please follow me to the cubicle Come on, I want to show you something."
Hearing this, Ding Minjun and Yang Xiao looked at each other, stood up suspiciously and followed her to the cubicle. As soon as he entered, he saw her suddenly take out a dagger from her sleeve, and cut his wrist without hesitation.In an instant, the blood flowed profusely and fell into the bowl she had just brought in together.
Ding Minjun didn't know why she had self-mutilated, his expression changed slightly, he hurriedly took a clean cloth towel from the shelf, pulled it over her wrist and pressed it hard, even so, the blood soon seeped through the cloth and wet her fingers.She lowered her face and scolded in a cold voice: "What are you doing? Are you dying?"
Shangguan Qingluan had a pale smile on his pale face due to excessive blood loss, shook his head at her, gently pushed her hand away, and lowered his head to bite one end of the cloth towel to cooperate with the other. Tightly knotted the wound with his hands, then turned around, unbuttoned his clothes to reveal his bare back, poured the bowl of blood on another cloth towel to soak it, and wrapped his hands behind his back, a little Wiping a little on his back, he said weakly while wiping: "My father has a high attainment in painting and calligraphy. What he is best at is painting with a special technique. After the paint dries, the painting The pattern will slowly disappear, and can only be revealed by wetting the drawing paper again with the same paint. Before he died..." After a pause, she closed her eyes and continued: "I touched him with a thin needle. My own, my mother's and my brother's blood stabbed this treasure map on my back."
As her words fell, some clear lines and coordinates gradually appeared on her back where her own blood had wiped, one of which was exactly the same as the one drawn on the square handkerchief she had given before.
This……!
Ding Minjun couldn't help but gasped, his eyes widened in surprise.
It's unbelievable that there are such incredible skills in this world.She couldn't help getting closer again, wanting to take a closer look.
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It was already a quarter of an hour after the two of them came out of the compartment.
Ding Minjun came to sit next to Yang Xiao, who turned his face to ask what was going on with his eyes, she shook her head and signaled him to wait a little.
Yang Xiao raised his eyebrows, and turned to look at Shangguan Qingluan who came a step behind.
Shangguan Qingluan stopped two steps away from him, then knelt down on the ground with a plop, lowered his body, but raised his two arms forward, holding a handkerchief up, and said loudly: : "I beg Zuo Envoy Yang to allow my daughter to join Mingjiao, and my daughter is willing to give you a treasure map of the Jinpeng Dynasty as a gift!"
Hearing this, Yang Xiao raised his eyebrows lightly again, turned his head and glanced at Ding Minjun who was not looking sideways, bent down and took the handkerchief, and spread it out with a light shake of his hands. The painting on it was exactly what Ding Minjun was looking at on Shangguan Qingluan's back just now. Of course, she traced the treasure map that she got.
After a rough look, he put it on the table next to him, withdrew his hand and tapped on his knee a few times, and said in a mellow and magnetic voice, "Yes."
Shangguan Qingluan was overjoyed, fell down again and prostrated himself, saying repeatedly: "Thank you Yang Zuoshi!"
After she got up, Yang Xiao said again: "Since that's the case, I'll take you under my family."
Hong Wu took a step forward at the right time, folded her hands on her chest and saluted, "Yes."
Shangguan Qingluan imitated her appearance, folded his hands on his chest, bent slightly towards her, and respectfully said: "I have seen the sect master."
Hong Wu hurriedly gave her a hand, and said: "They are all sisters from my family, so there is no need to be polite, you can stay in Lingyin Pavilion from now on."
Unexpectedly, Shangguan Qingluan showed a somewhat embarrassed expression after hearing this.
Hong Wu was keenly aware of it, and asked in a warm voice, "What's wrong?"
Shangguan Qingluan lowered her eyes and said slowly: "After all, there are quite a few people who know my little girl in Yangzhou. If I suddenly change places, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of interested people. What's more, many people know that the little Mongolian prince summoned her before he died. Me, if I stay here, I'm afraid I will bring trouble to Lingyin Pavilion."
After her analysis, Hongwu immediately reacted and nodded in agreement, but then faced a difficulty in how to arrange her.
At this moment, Ding Minjun suddenly said: "I have an idea here."
Hongwu had already vaguely regarded her as the wife of the Zuo envoy, so naturally she would do everything she could. Shangguan Qingluan was even more grateful for her life-saving grace several times, and trusted her extremely.
It was only just now that Ding Minjun suddenly remembered that she seemed to have a few shop contracts left by Li Mochou in her hands. She is a martial arts practitioner and knows nothing about business, so she has been putting this matter on hold. It was an opportunity, so I said: "I inherited a few shops from my elders, which are located in the Jiangnan area, but I haven't had time to take care of them. If you want, I can entrust them to you."
Shangguan Qingluan was naturally willing, and thanked her repeatedly.
Ding Minjun stood up: "In that case, follow me to get the certificate of taking over the shop."
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The so-called evidence is the bloody handprint that Li Mochou pressed and framed with her own hands back then. This is really in line with Fairy Chilian's usual style.Although many years have passed, people's hearts are unpredictable, and I don't know if the people in charge of these shops have other thoughts, but with Li Mochou's deterrent power back then, this bloody handprint should still be able to play a deterrent effect. As for Whether they can completely subdue them depends on whether Shangguan Qingluan has this ability.
On the contrary, when Shangguan Qingluan took the voucher with both hands, she repeatedly assured her that she would not disappoint her expectations, and would manage her shop well, so as not to disappoint her.
Ding Minjun smiled and didn't say a word, and didn't take it to heart, but he didn't know that what she gave today would make the first richest woman in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty in the future, providing a steady stream of financial support for Mingjiao's anti-Yuan cause .
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After arranging Shangguan Qingluan's whereabouts, it was already dawn, and everyone went back to their rooms to wash and go to bed. When they woke up, it was already high in the sun.As usual, Ding Minjun looked up at the golden bell rope hanging on the pillar through the gauze curtain, and unexpectedly found that Yang Xiao was still lying on it with his arms pillowed on it.
She sat up and lifted the bed curtain, and her hazy vision suddenly became clear.Seeing her wake up, Yang Xiao put his left leg on top of his right, tilted his head to look at her, and said softly, "Are you awake?"
He seemed to have just woken up, and his voice was still slightly hoarse, which seemed extremely seductive.
A thin layer of red appeared on Ding Minjun's face, he turned sideways and touched his slightly hot earlobe, his long and dense eyelashes trembled slightly, and he replied in a low voice: "Yes."
Yang Xiao laughed lightly, tightened his waist and abdomen, sat up straight from the golden bell rope, turned over and jumped down to the ground, avoiding his body considerately.
Seeing this, Ding Minjun picked up his coat and walked into the cubicle to wash up. When he came out, he saw him sitting in front of the dressing table, took out a small knife that was no longer than the palm of his hand from the dowry, and stuck it on his face close to the mirror.
She grew up in Emei, and she was surrounded by female teachers and sisters. She rarely had contact with men, so naturally she didn't know what he was doing. The fine hair on the face made some guesses, so he asked: "Are you shaving your face?"
"Huh?" Yang Xiao stopped what he was doing, turned his head to look at her, with a slight smile in his eyes, and said, "You can also say that, but it's just shaving."
"Shave?" Ding Minjun leaned over curiously, and sure enough, he saw some short stubble growing on his chin, which instantly added a mature charm to his originally handsome face.Inadvertently raised his eyes to look, but suddenly found that the distance between the two of them was close at hand without knowing when.
Last night, the Mingjiao was one person under ten thousand people, the majestic and bright left envoy Yang Xiao, who had a comfortable bed and stayed awake but wanted to rob her of the golden bell cable. , sleeping on a piece of gauze not much wider than his palm, and thanks to his great martial arts skills, she woke up several times in a daze, and every time she checked, she saw that he was sleeping peacefully, but she For myself, I didn't let go of my heart until it was almost dawn and fell asleep, so that I didn't wake up until now.
She stretched, got up, washed her face and rinsed her mouth, changed into a dress with powder foundation and gold thread embroidery, and when she was sitting in front of the bronze mirror to do her makeup, she hesitated for a moment, and took out the swing that Yang Xiao gave her yesterday. Chiseled in the hair, and then used some prepared porridge and side dishes. She stood up and was about to go downstairs when she saw Yang Xiao standing in the courtyard on the first floor with his hands behind his waist from the wide open window. Teaching that kid who bumped into her yesterday to practice martial arts?
Ding Minjun was a little curious, walked closer and looked down, but was slightly taken aback, he was completely attracted by the tall and tall man with his back to her.
In the past, she had only seen Yang Xiao wearing plain white coarse cloth robes at first glance, but today he rarely wore a black brocade robe with wide sleeves and a waist, with dark patterns of the same color embroidered on the hem. Touching the girdle about two palms wide, the string she gave is still hanging on it, like a handsome nobleman.
She was in a daze, and was a little crazy for a while.
As if aware of her gaze, Yang Xiao who was below suddenly turned his head with sharp eyes, and brushed the side of his face with his high ponytailed hair.After discovering that it was her, his gaze suddenly became soft, and for a moment it was like a breeze blowing on his face, wrinkling a pool of spring water.
Seeing the smile in the corner of his eyes, Ding Minjun couldn't help but also frowned, looking at him from afar.
For a time, the years are quiet.
After a while, she went downstairs to the courtyard with the hem of her skirt in her hand, motioned to Yang Xiao who was coming up to the child who was sprinting in the courtyard, and asked softly, "Are you...?"
He glanced at her softly, and said: "This child is not bad at all, I have decided to take him as an apprentice." After saying that, he waved to the child and shouted: "Xi Chao, come here."
The child immediately stood up straight when he heard the words, and although his calves were still sore and trembling slightly, he still walked steadily step by step in front of Ding Minjun, then knelt down with a plop, bowed his head and said: "Disciple Gu Xichao, I have seen my wife! "
"What——" Ding Minjun was taken aback. He was really ashamed and annoyed by the address he said, and angrily slapped Yang Xiao's arm, and said in a low voice, "What nonsense are you talking about to other children, who?" After a pause, she blushed slightly and whispered, "Which one is his teacher's wife!"
Yang Xiao liked Gu Xichao's ability to read people's hearts very much. He held her hand calmly, waved to the disciple who had straightened up, and signaled him to continue practicing, and only approached her ear after he walked away. Bian jokingly said: "Anyway, sooner or later, so why not call now?"
The magnetic voice that was deliberately lowered seemed to be flirting.
The warm breath sprayed on the side of the neck, and half of Ding Minjun's body was slightly numb.The roots of her ears were red as if they could bleed, and she hurriedly took a step back, just happened to see Hongwu passing by, her eyes lit up immediately, as if she had met a savior, she hurried over and grabbed her arm as if to get her Go out with her.
Hong Wu was dragged out of the door with a dazed face, she had no choice but to turn her head and wink at the woman who was following her, asking her to report to Yang Zuoshi.
The woman nodded, showing a pretty face, she was the girl in the water blue dress who went to entertain the group of Mongolians yesterday.She came in front of Yang Xiao, crossed her arms in front of her chest and saluted, and said: "My subordinate, Luyao, has seen Yang Zuoshi."
At this time, Yang Xiao had put away the gentle expression that was only shown in front of Ding Minjun, and returned to his arrogant and clean-eyed appearance, and asked casually with lowered eyes: "What are those Mongolians doing?" backing?"
The woman lowered her head and replied respectfully: "I would like to inform Yang Zuoshi that the group of Mongols came from Dadu, and there seems to be a little prince among them. After they came to Yangzhou, they have been hanging around in various romantic places in Fireworks and Willow Lane. It looks like they are here to have fun, but secretly they seem to be looking for someone."
Hearing this, Yang Xiao finally raised his eyelids to look at her, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"This..." The woman knelt on one knee, lowered her head in fear and replied, "This subordinate is incompetent, and I haven't found out yet."
"Three days." Yang Xiao said calmly, "I want to know the exact news within three days."
The woman quickly crossed her hands in front of her chest and replied, "Yes!"
After she retreated, Yang Xiao turned his head to look at the burning incense sticks on the stone table, and called out to Gu Xichao, who was already sweating profusely and whose legs were trembling, and said mercilessly: "Go for another stick of incense by yourself. If you can persist, then the teacher will start teaching you the basic skills. If you can't persist, then go to the execution room to receive ten lashes."
The panting young boy heard the words, not only did he have no complaints, but a look of joy appeared on his face, and there was an undisguised ambition in the depths of his two dark eyes.
He is very smart and knows what a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this is for him, even if Master treats him harshly, so what?His mother was a famous prostitute in a brothel, the son of a prostitute, and she was a lowly family from birth.In order to change his destiny, he will use all means to seize every opportunity to climb up, but it's just a bit of hardship, what's the point?
Yang Xiao observed his performance with cold eyes, and quietly raised the corners of his lips, thinking that he would not regret accepting this apprentice.
What is ambition?Only children who are smart and have enough capital are qualified to be trained, and they can become his help in the future.If you really give him an honest fool, he won't bother to pay attention.
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On the other side, although Ding Minjun hurriedly pulled Hongwu who happened to be passing by out the door, but in fact, he really wanted to ask her for help.
After receiving the golden step from Yang Xiao yesterday, she had been thinking about buying something as a gift for him. After much deliberation, she still felt that the hair crown was the most suitable.
She told Hong Wu of her plan, and with a smile in her eyes, Hong Wu led her to a jewelry store in the west of the city.Others don't know the details of this store, but she knows it very well, it belongs to the property under the name of Wanmei Villa, there are many good things that cannot be bought in other stores, and there is only one of them, and the price is quite reasonable.
The "token of love" that Miss Ding gave to Yang Zuoshi must be unique no matter what.
Ding Minjun didn't know anything about her little thoughts, and had already opened his eyes wide and carefully selected them.Every time she picked up a hair crown, Yang Xiao's handsome and majestic face would appear in her mind, she held the hair crowns and tried them one by one, and finally chose a gold crown with a black base and a sapphire crown.
The gold-plated crown with a mysterious base was dignified and dignified, which matched his attire today; the sapphire crown was elegant and translucent, and it was also very suitable for his usual appearance when he was wearing white or blue clothes.
Satisfied with both, it was difficult for her to choose for a while.
Seeing Hongwu, she thoughtfully advised her: "If that's the case, why not buy both?"
"This..." Ding Minjun really wanted to buy it, but unfortunately he was so shy that the money he brought out might not be enough.
"What's the difficulty?" Hongwu took her hand, took off an agate bracelet from her wrist and handed it to the shopkeeper, leaving another sapphire bracelet of the same color as the hair crown, and explained her confusion: " This bracelet was also bought in this store, and there is a rule in this store that all items sold in his store can be exchanged for other items of the same value depending on how old they are, isn't it just a coincidence?"
When Ding Minjun heard that there were still such rules, he was overjoyed immediately, and only said that he would return the silver of the agate bracelet to her, so he exchanged the bracelet for the sapphire crown, and bought the gilt crown with a black base, and left there contentedly.
When the two reached the intersection, they suddenly heard the sound of a gong beating to clear the way from behind.They stopped to avoid it, and heard from the onlookers that the number one girl Qingluan of Shuangyelou was invited by nobles from Dadu to perform singing and dancing in the mansion.
Hongwu narrowed her eyes slightly after hearing the word "Dadu", and a trace of murderous intent flashed in her eyes.Ding Minjun didn't notice the difference in her expression, because when the sedan chair passed in front of them, she inadvertently saw the appearance of that "Girl Qingluan" through the gauze curtain blown away by the wind—was it she who was there last night? The dancing girl rescued from the boat?
The other party seemed to have seen her too, and his originally sad and joyless expression suddenly became a little excited. He opened and closed his mouth as if he wanted to say something to her, but he only had time to throw out a handkerchief wrapped in a sweat towel. The golden hairpin just fell into her arms.
Ding Minjun picked up the hairpin and looked at it suspiciously, recalling the other party's expression at that time, with panic in despair, as if there was still a desperate decision, he paused slightly, and felt that something was not right.
She told Hong Wu her guess, Hong Wu nodded in agreement, and said to her: "Let's go back now and discuss it in the long term."
Ding Minjun nodded, and wrapped the golden hairpin in a sweat towel again, and put it in his sleeve pocket.
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When they returned to Lingyin Pavilion, the servants guarding the gate immediately led them to the private room on the second floor.
Hongwu went in with Ding Minjun, and as soon as she raised her eyes, she saw Sai Keli standing silently behind Yang Xiao like an iron tower, so she immediately understood that Yang Zuoshi was planning to pierce the thin window paper, with the same Miss Ding confessed everything.
She understood immediately, stopped a few feet away, crossed her arms on her chest, bowed her head and said: "Master Hongwu of the Dimen, see Yang Zuoshi."
In the end, he raised his eyes to see Ding Minjun's expression. As expected, he had the expected appearance. He only raised his willow eyebrows slightly, and unexpectedly he was a little similar to Yang Zuoshi in normal times.
She breathed a sigh of relief without any trace, and straightened her posture to report what she just encountered on the street.
Ding Minjun sat down at the table without changing his face, took out the gold hairpin wrapped in a sweat towel and handkerchief from his sleeve pocket and handed it over.
Yang Xiao reached out to take it, played with his fingertips, and asked casually: "You said that girl Qingluan threw it into your arms deliberately avoiding others?"
Ding Minjun nodded, and said: "But I have checked this hairpin several times, and I haven't found anything unusual. It seems to be just an ordinary hairpin."
Yang Xiao raised his eyebrows lightly, turned sideways, tilted his head to look at her leisurely and said, "Have you ever thought that maybe the secret is not on this hairpin?"
"Where else can it be?" Before she finished speaking, she seemed to realize something suddenly, her gaze immediately turned to the square sweater, and suddenly said: "Could it be..."
"Look." Yang Xiao rolled up the sweat towel and handkerchief and tossed it up lightly. He couldn't throw it very high and then fell leisurely. He caught him again and said, "The handkerchief is very light. If it wasn't a little heavier It is difficult to throw it into your arms accurately, so she wrapped a gold hairpin. In this way, it can increase the weight and improve accuracy, and can also conceal her real intentions. After all, the valuable gold hairpin A hairpin is much more conspicuous than an ordinary sweat towel, isn't it?"
After finishing speaking, he leaned forward slightly, and handed the handkerchief back.
After taking it, Ding Minjun laid it flat on the table, pointed to the only embroidered orchid pattern on it and asked in doubt: "But there is nothing on it?" He spread it out again, picked it up and looked for the right angle to shine it on the light, Still can't see what's going on.
Yang Xiao stretched out his hand to her, beckoning her to give him the handkerchief, then picked up the wine and white vinegar that Hongwu brought over, dipped a brush and brushed it, but there was still no change.
"This..." Hong Wu looked at Yang Xiao puzzledly, and asked doubtfully, "Could it be that this is really just an ordinary sweat towel?"
"Impossible." Yang Xiao resolutely vetoed her guess, "According to your description, the situation was urgent, and the other party could not have done such a meaningless thing...Huh?" With a small smile, he asked leisurely, "Is there something that women often use, but men generally don't touch?"
Ding Minjun thought about it after hearing it, and said casually, "Just the rouge." Then he was taken aback, and looked at Hongwu, who, without her needing to say anything, had already gone to the dressing table to get the rouge with a wink. Pass it into her hands.
She opened the lid, took some with her fingertips, and wiped it on the square sweat towel. Soon, some messy lines gradually appeared in the empty place.
Hong Wu's eyes widened, and she couldn't help admiring: "So that's it, what a clever idea, this girl Qingluan is really not simple!"
Ding Minjun glanced at her approvingly. After all the patterns appeared on it, he studied it carefully, and said uncertainly: "This... seems to be a map? It's a pity that there is only a small part, and I can't tell where it is."
Yang Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and pointed out: "If you want to know the whole thing, just ask that Qingluan girl?"
After all, after being together day and night for a long time, Ding Minjun was able to understand his thoughts gradually, and said, "Are you going to meet those Mongolians?"
Yang Xiao smiled recklessly, and said, "Isn't there a little Mongolian prince among those people? Since he came here from a long distance, why not stay here forever."
How conceited to have already arranged the end of the other party in a few words!However, Ding Minjun nodded firmly, without any doubt that he would miss.
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It's night, the post office in the city.
A group of people changed into black night clothes that are more convenient for concealment, jumped off the roof of a tall building next to them, and landed on the roof of the post without a sound. Yang Xiao nodded, and gently moved a few tiles to spy.
The position of their feet was very ingenious, so that they could see the whole picture of the little Mongolian prince sitting on the grand master's chair in the middle at a glance, and the girl Qingluan who was kneeling on the ground with her back to them.
Qingluan's description is messy, the original tender green tulle dress on her body is already dirty and ugly, with blood oozing out, she must have been severely tortured, and she doesn't know what secret she is hiding, which can attract long-term residents. The royal family and nobles of Dadu came here all the way, and even condescended to torture them in person, but they took advantage of their Mingjiao and caught this big fish without any effort.
The torture below continued.
This little Mongolian prince, whose real name is Chacha Tomur, is the only son of the King of Shonan.The King of Shonan and the King of Ruyang were both the right arm of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, one for collecting the wealth of the world, and the other for the south and north wars. It can be said that they jointly supported half of the current Yuan Dynasty.
In recent years, King Ruyang has focused on regaining the martial arts in the Central Plains. When the King of Shonan provided him with manpower and material support, he accidentally discovered that the small country Jinpeng Dynasty, which was wiped out in the process of breaking the Han Dynasty, survived. A huge treasure was brought down to restore the country. After years of investigation, they finally found out that the clue might be hidden in a brothel woman in Yangzhou City.
The identity of this brothel woman is not easy to say. Her father used to be the imperial painter of the royal family. Because her mother's family came from a down-and-out clan, she was also given the surname "Shangguan". She specialized in painting portraits for the royal family's children and concubines.It is said that on the night when the royal city was breached, he was the only one beside the last monarch who died for his country. The monarch had no choice but to dictate to him to draw a treasure map, which would be handed over to the little prince who escaped successfully in the future to help him restore his country.It's a pity that although the painter escaped in the end, he died before he could find the little prince. Before he died, he handed over the treasure map to his only daughter. In Fireworks Alley, he became a dancer who is good at dancing.
"Is what I said is true, Miss Shangguan?" The little Mongolian prince asked casually, playing with the whip in his hand.
Shangguan Qingluan, who had been lowering his head all the time, suddenly raised his head, and a line of bloody tears dripped from the corner of his eye that was cut by the whip tail, but he sneered and mocked: "I want me to tell you the treasure map, you dog!" Thief? Make your Spring and Autumn Dream!"
The little prince's eyes sharpened, his originally handsome face twisted slightly, and he scolded angrily: "If you don't eat the toast, you're courting death!"
After saying that, he raised his right hand holding the whip high——
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On the roof, joy flashed across the eyes of everyone.
Never expected that this little Mongolian prince turned out to be the only son of the King of Shonan!
This news was a surprise to Yang Xiao and the others. They did not expect that the fish caught this time was not only big, but also very fat.King Xiangan and King Ruyang are the right-hand men of the Mongolian Dog Emperor. If the only son of King Xiangan dies here this time, even if he can't break his arm, he will definitely be able to deal a serious blow to him!Over the years, they Mingjiao righteous men and the Central Plains Wulin have been forced by these two Mongolian princes enough. Now that the son who has been eyeballed by the King of Southern Hunan has come to his door, don't blame them for accepting it bluntly!
Thinking of this, everyone thought to themselves that the time was ripe, so they stopped waiting and immediately decided to make a move——
Yang Xiao broke off a corner of the tile, flexed his thumb and middle finger and ejected it, with a soft chirping sound, the rubble hit the young prince's wrist with the sound of breaking through the air, and only heard a miserable scream, the wrist was already broken. There was a blood hole, and blood was gurgling out.
"Who?!" The accompanying Mongolian guards turned pale with shock, immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths, and shouted angrily.Another waiter rushed forward, surrounded the little prince, frantically blocked the blood hole on his arm with cotton cloth to stop the bleeding, and screamed for the imperial doctor to come in.
The crowd no longer hesitated, they used their internal energy and slapped the roof down with a palm and jumped down. The moment they landed, Yang Xiao headed up to meet the two masters who had been guarding the little prince all along. These two were not Mongolians, they were Han. In this life, I look down on such lackeys who sell themselves for glory the most, so of course they will be merciless.
After him, Sai Keli and Hong Wu attacked the remaining Mongolian guards respectively. Each of them swung a scimitar from the Western Regions in each hand, swinging vigorously, like chopping melons and vegetables; The nine-section whip with barbs, if it gets on the flesh, it will take a large piece away, and it will be dripping with blood in an instant, which is extremely terrifying.
On the other side, after Ding Minjun landed, he threw a golden bell rope and hit the two big men who were detaining Shangguan Qingluan. He only heard two rings of Ding Ding in succession. In his mind, he unconsciously let go of his hands and hugged his head tightly, screaming hoarsely with a ferocious face, as if he had lost his mind.Taking advantage of the situation, Ding Minjun withdrew the golden bell cable, held a long sword in each hand, shattered the scabbard with his internal force, flipped his wrists and threw out both swords, one left and one right across their throats neatly, blood spattered all over in an instant, The two of them fell down without a word.
Shangguan Qingluan turned his head suddenly, and when he saw it was her, he immediately showed the expression of the survivors after a catastrophe, and said pleasantly: "You are really here, female hero!"
As her words fell, the door burst open, and a large group of Mongols armed with weapons roared in from outside.
Before Ding Minjun could speak to her, she turned her head and slapped the temple of the Mongolian officer and soldier who was attacking her back, beating his brains out immediately, and then she threw the sword in her left hand to Shangguan Qingluan for self-defense, and used it again The golden bells were used to focus on the faces of these Mongolian officers and soldiers from left to right, and the moves were swift. The water-red silk was like a swimming dragon. , making it difficult for the opponent to approach, and occasionally a few fish that slipped through her defense were killed one by one by her with the other hand-held sword.
However, after all, two fists are no match for four hands. As time passed, she gradually began to feel a little weak. When she was not paying attention, a Mongolian guard approached her and stabbed her in the back with a knife.
She only heard Shangguan Qingluan, who was protected behind her, exclaimed: "Be careful!" Her expression turned serious, knowing that it was too late for her to avoid it, she quickly lowered her body and lowered her center of gravity, trying to avoid this deadly attack at the cost of serious injuries. hit.
Just at this moment, Yang Xiao snatched the saber of one of the Han masters with his hands, swiped the sword like lightning, and wiped the opponent's neck with his backhand, but the moment he turned his head, he didn't expect that he saw this scene of tearing eyes. Immediately, he raised his eyebrows and shouted sharply: "Looking for death!" Flipping his wrist, he directly used the long sword as a dart, and raised his hand to throw it hard.
The long sword pierced obliquely into the abdomen of the Mongolian guard wrapped in thick internal force, and even though it was blocked by layers of flesh, it passed directly under the ribs and smashed the tall and burly Mongolian to the ground. Pull it up, and nail it to the vermilion pillar with a heavy sound.
Warm blood splattered on his forehead, Ding Minjun choked for breath, and suddenly turned around to look. Before he could stabilize his body, he was grabbed by the waist and pulled into his arms.Yang Xiao tightly hugged her waist to get close to him, stretched out his hand to caress her cheek, his narrow eyes showed a little fear, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you okay?"
Ding Minjun held his hand and shook his head, and retreated from his embrace. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly changed. He hurriedly pushed him away, raised his sword again and killed a Mongol who was trying to sneak up. She gave him a sideways look angrily, and signaled him to pay attention to the situation, this is still a bloody battle.Unexpectedly, although Yang Xiao withdrew his hand obediently, he did not join the battle again, but smiled calmly at her, and suddenly said: "It's almost time."
Before the words fell, Ding Minjun heard the sound of rushing outside the door. It turned out that it was Yang Xiao's other sect masters of Tianzi, Fengzi, and Leizi who led the disciples to come to support.
They seized the opportunity to attack this time, and they had a large number of people. It didn't take long for them to kill all the people brought by the little prince. After that, Yang Xiao stretched out his hand and broke his neck under his terrified eyes.
When retreating, the congregation who was in charge of sweeping the tail lit the entire post on fire, burning away all possible clues left behind.By the time the fire brought the local government office over, they had already returned to Lingyin Pavilion and passed the good news to Xu Da, the leader of the rebel army who was hiding in the mountains outside the city.
And that leader Xu was overjoyed after receiving the good news, and he was so convinced by the legendary Yang Zuoshi that he immediately decided to come over overnight to meet him.
In Lingyin Pavilion at this time, Miss Qingluan was telling everyone about her life experience.
"The little girl's real name is Shangguan Qingluan, and she is the only daughter of Shangguan Mo, the court painter of the Jinpeng Dynasty that was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty 40 years ago..."
"...When the late king died for his country, he ordered his father to hand over the treasure map to the little prince who escaped. Who knew that before the little prince was found, the four ministers of the auxiliary kingdom who were left alone by the late king came to the door first. Forcing my father to hand over the treasure map..."
When talking about the cause of her father's death, her originally dead expression suddenly became fierce, and she said in a hateful voice: "My father didn't die of illness, but was forced to death by those four people! Those four thieves did their own thing. , all had their own plans, and wanted to monopolize those treasures. They threatened my father with the lives of my mother and younger brother, but my father refused, so they beat my younger brother, who was only three years old at the time, to death in front of him! When she said this, her eyes were red, as if she was about to bleed: "I was playful at the time, and I sneaked to the mountain to pick fruits early in the morning, so I escaped. When I went back, my mother and younger brother were all dead I died, and my father was dying. After my father died, I obeyed his instructions and fled all the way south to Yangzhou. When I was about to die of starvation, I was picked up by Mama Liu in Shuangyelou. This is how it survives.”
"Shangguan Jin, Shangguan Mu, Yan Duhe, Yan Liben, the names of these four people, I will never forget them in my life!"
After gritting her teeth and calling out the names of these four people, she took a deep breath to adjust the emotions that were about to lose control, raised her hand and wiped away the tears on her face vigorously, then turned to Ding Minjun and said, "Please follow me to the cubicle Come on, I want to show you something."
Hearing this, Ding Minjun and Yang Xiao looked at each other, stood up suspiciously and followed her to the cubicle. As soon as he entered, he saw her suddenly take out a dagger from her sleeve, and cut his wrist without hesitation.In an instant, the blood flowed profusely and fell into the bowl she had just brought in together.
Ding Minjun didn't know why she had self-mutilated, his expression changed slightly, he hurriedly took a clean cloth towel from the shelf, pulled it over her wrist and pressed it hard, even so, the blood soon seeped through the cloth and wet her fingers.She lowered her face and scolded in a cold voice: "What are you doing? Are you dying?"
Shangguan Qingluan had a pale smile on his pale face due to excessive blood loss, shook his head at her, gently pushed her hand away, and lowered his head to bite one end of the cloth towel to cooperate with the other. Tightly knotted the wound with his hands, then turned around, unbuttoned his clothes to reveal his bare back, poured the bowl of blood on another cloth towel to soak it, and wrapped his hands behind his back, a little Wiping a little on his back, he said weakly while wiping: "My father has a high attainment in painting and calligraphy. What he is best at is painting with a special technique. After the paint dries, the painting The pattern will slowly disappear, and can only be revealed by wetting the drawing paper again with the same paint. Before he died..." After a pause, she closed her eyes and continued: "I touched him with a thin needle. My own, my mother's and my brother's blood stabbed this treasure map on my back."
As her words fell, some clear lines and coordinates gradually appeared on her back where her own blood had wiped, one of which was exactly the same as the one drawn on the square handkerchief she had given before.
This……!
Ding Minjun couldn't help but gasped, his eyes widened in surprise.
It's unbelievable that there are such incredible skills in this world.She couldn't help getting closer again, wanting to take a closer look.
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It was already a quarter of an hour after the two of them came out of the compartment.
Ding Minjun came to sit next to Yang Xiao, who turned his face to ask what was going on with his eyes, she shook her head and signaled him to wait a little.
Yang Xiao raised his eyebrows, and turned to look at Shangguan Qingluan who came a step behind.
Shangguan Qingluan stopped two steps away from him, then knelt down on the ground with a plop, lowered his body, but raised his two arms forward, holding a handkerchief up, and said loudly: : "I beg Zuo Envoy Yang to allow my daughter to join Mingjiao, and my daughter is willing to give you a treasure map of the Jinpeng Dynasty as a gift!"
Hearing this, Yang Xiao raised his eyebrows lightly again, turned his head and glanced at Ding Minjun who was not looking sideways, bent down and took the handkerchief, and spread it out with a light shake of his hands. The painting on it was exactly what Ding Minjun was looking at on Shangguan Qingluan's back just now. Of course, she traced the treasure map that she got.
After a rough look, he put it on the table next to him, withdrew his hand and tapped on his knee a few times, and said in a mellow and magnetic voice, "Yes."
Shangguan Qingluan was overjoyed, fell down again and prostrated himself, saying repeatedly: "Thank you Yang Zuoshi!"
After she got up, Yang Xiao said again: "Since that's the case, I'll take you under my family."
Hong Wu took a step forward at the right time, folded her hands on her chest and saluted, "Yes."
Shangguan Qingluan imitated her appearance, folded his hands on his chest, bent slightly towards her, and respectfully said: "I have seen the sect master."
Hong Wu hurriedly gave her a hand, and said: "They are all sisters from my family, so there is no need to be polite, you can stay in Lingyin Pavilion from now on."
Unexpectedly, Shangguan Qingluan showed a somewhat embarrassed expression after hearing this.
Hong Wu was keenly aware of it, and asked in a warm voice, "What's wrong?"
Shangguan Qingluan lowered her eyes and said slowly: "After all, there are quite a few people who know my little girl in Yangzhou. If I suddenly change places, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of interested people. What's more, many people know that the little Mongolian prince summoned her before he died. Me, if I stay here, I'm afraid I will bring trouble to Lingyin Pavilion."
After her analysis, Hongwu immediately reacted and nodded in agreement, but then faced a difficulty in how to arrange her.
At this moment, Ding Minjun suddenly said: "I have an idea here."
Hongwu had already vaguely regarded her as the wife of the Zuo envoy, so naturally she would do everything she could. Shangguan Qingluan was even more grateful for her life-saving grace several times, and trusted her extremely.
It was only just now that Ding Minjun suddenly remembered that she seemed to have a few shop contracts left by Li Mochou in her hands. She is a martial arts practitioner and knows nothing about business, so she has been putting this matter on hold. It was an opportunity, so I said: "I inherited a few shops from my elders, which are located in the Jiangnan area, but I haven't had time to take care of them. If you want, I can entrust them to you."
Shangguan Qingluan was naturally willing, and thanked her repeatedly.
Ding Minjun stood up: "In that case, follow me to get the certificate of taking over the shop."
……
The so-called evidence is the bloody handprint that Li Mochou pressed and framed with her own hands back then. This is really in line with Fairy Chilian's usual style.Although many years have passed, people's hearts are unpredictable, and I don't know if the people in charge of these shops have other thoughts, but with Li Mochou's deterrent power back then, this bloody handprint should still be able to play a deterrent effect. As for Whether they can completely subdue them depends on whether Shangguan Qingluan has this ability.
On the contrary, when Shangguan Qingluan took the voucher with both hands, she repeatedly assured her that she would not disappoint her expectations, and would manage her shop well, so as not to disappoint her.
Ding Minjun smiled and didn't say a word, and didn't take it to heart, but he didn't know that what she gave today would make the first richest woman in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty in the future, providing a steady stream of financial support for Mingjiao's anti-Yuan cause .
……
After arranging Shangguan Qingluan's whereabouts, it was already dawn, and everyone went back to their rooms to wash and go to bed. When they woke up, it was already high in the sun.As usual, Ding Minjun looked up at the golden bell rope hanging on the pillar through the gauze curtain, and unexpectedly found that Yang Xiao was still lying on it with his arms pillowed on it.
She sat up and lifted the bed curtain, and her hazy vision suddenly became clear.Seeing her wake up, Yang Xiao put his left leg on top of his right, tilted his head to look at her, and said softly, "Are you awake?"
He seemed to have just woken up, and his voice was still slightly hoarse, which seemed extremely seductive.
A thin layer of red appeared on Ding Minjun's face, he turned sideways and touched his slightly hot earlobe, his long and dense eyelashes trembled slightly, and he replied in a low voice: "Yes."
Yang Xiao laughed lightly, tightened his waist and abdomen, sat up straight from the golden bell rope, turned over and jumped down to the ground, avoiding his body considerately.
Seeing this, Ding Minjun picked up his coat and walked into the cubicle to wash up. When he came out, he saw him sitting in front of the dressing table, took out a small knife that was no longer than the palm of his hand from the dowry, and stuck it on his face close to the mirror.
She grew up in Emei, and she was surrounded by female teachers and sisters. She rarely had contact with men, so naturally she didn't know what he was doing. The fine hair on the face made some guesses, so he asked: "Are you shaving your face?"
"Huh?" Yang Xiao stopped what he was doing, turned his head to look at her, with a slight smile in his eyes, and said, "You can also say that, but it's just shaving."
"Shave?" Ding Minjun leaned over curiously, and sure enough, he saw some short stubble growing on his chin, which instantly added a mature charm to his originally handsome face.Inadvertently raised his eyes to look, but suddenly found that the distance between the two of them was close at hand without knowing when.
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