Jicanghai

Xiao Mansion is in the west of the city, Yanhua Academy is in the south of the city, the distance between the two is not too far.Ming Ran first asked Ah Yan to wrap up her wound hastily, then asked the little girl to lead the way, and he followed slowly, no matter how anxious the girl was.She only looked back at Mingran, and before she dared to say anything, Ah Yan waved the scabbard and shouted: "Didn't you see that our young master is injured? How can you walk so fast!"

In fact, Ah Yan was also a little anxious, afraid that Zhong Xu would have something wrong and difficult to mediate.Mingran said in a low voice: "How dare big cousin kill my uncle? I think he was afraid that my uncle would mess with him, so he let this girl come out to find me. My uncle should have been scared, otherwise it's not good to always be confused." Then he said to the little girl: "Girl, tell me about the current situation of the academy and what Uncle Guo is doing."

The little girl was quite eloquent, and she came up with the words one by one: "Uncle Guo said in the academy that he wanted to make up for the regret that he didn't finish singing a play a few years ago, so he took the sisters to sing the play. By the way, Miss Qin is playing with him, playing the role of Concubine Yang. Miss Qin, Master Ming Hou, you know, she is the oiran of our academy. It is said that you combed her at the time. She often told others that she fell asleep the first time. I found a good man, and said that my sisters and sisters are not as lucky as her."

Ah Yan hastily argued with a pale face: "My young master didn't sleep with her, so don't put gold on your face!"

Mingran waved her hand, not to let him interrupt: "Go on."

The girl said with a pale face: "Then a group of people rushed in, saying that they were ordered by Marquis Pingnan to deal with the spies, and they started killing people viciously, scaring all the distinguished guests who were watching the theater to run around. Miss Qin I was so frightened that I hid in the arms of Uncle Guo, but I couldn’t hide. My mother! I was also scared and hid behind a vase. Uncle Guo scolded Pingnanhou and called me over. Pass me a jade pendant and let me come out to find you quickly, otherwise he might not be able to see you for the last time!"

Trembling, she took out a delicate and clear jade pendant and wanted to pass it to Mingran. It was indeed Zhong Xu's belongings. Mingran said: "You can take it as a reward. Since my uncle's life is in danger, let's go faster." .”

Zuo Wenhui was looking out the window of the tea house across the street from Yanhua Academy, and the guards came up one by one to report the progress: "My lord, Uncle Guo refused to come over, and even called you a...how should I deal with it?"

"Don't care about him, just let him scold you..."

"My lord, the road in the back garden is very twists and turns, and the guards are still stubbornly resisting. We have lost a few people, but we have never found the trace of Dong Xiangji, the head of the academy. What should we do?"

"Surrounded and searched slowly, pay attention to whether there is a secret passage leading to the outside of the academy."

When Mingran came from the end of the long street, Zuo Wenhui asked the guards to invite him upstairs.The two of them listened silently to the quietness of the academy from the hustle and bustle, Zuo Wenhui said: "I'm afraid I will offend my little uncle completely this time, he has escaped from Pingnanhou's residence a few times, I think he won't come back again. Follow me back. The place in the academy is dirty, so I won't go in, you take him home, so that you can coax him."

The eldest cousin has a good character, and it is normal to think that the academy is dirty. Mingran revisited his hometown, and he has no right to be hypocritical and think dirty, so he entered the academy without hesitation.

Zhong Xu slipped to the academy a few days ago, like a bird throwing Lin Long back to the sea, very comfortable and at ease.He set up a stage to sing in the Wenque Tower, and just when he was singing to the point of interest, a group of imperial guards like wolves and tigers rushed in.

Hearing that the sergeants came to search for spies under the order of Marquis Pingnan, he thought that they would not dare to do anything, and they had to finish the play anyway.So the armor of the sergeant under the stage was bright and murderous, the dancers on the stage looked like demons, and the singers resounded and restrained Xingyun.Until the first scream sounded, the soldiers began to massacre the people in the academy, and the coquettish place suddenly changed into a Shura field.Luo Qinniao jumped headlong into Zhong Xu's arms, but was forcibly pulled out by the soldiers and chopped into two pieces.

The flowery and jade-like Qin girl just died at his feet, and Zhong Xu stood on the spot with a pale face. Finally, she had practiced overseas with Mingran and was forcibly carried out by her nephew to watch the battle a few times, so she was not scared. Passed out on the spot.After a while, he came back to his senses and scolded Zuo Wenhui.The soldiers didn't seem to notice, just chopped melons and vegetables, made a lot of stumps, and then roared away to the back garden.

When Mingran stepped into the room with blood flowing all over the floor, Zhong Xu whimpered, rushed over and grabbed his arm and shook it repeatedly: "Xiaoran, your eldest cousin is crazy, this black-hearted thing, he wants to kill his uncle!"

Ming Ran held up his face and looked at it, saw that his handsome melon-seeded face was bloodless with shock, and his two big dark eyes were full of horror, it seemed that he was really frightened, so he comforted him: " Big cousin is also doing it for your own good, and won’t kill you. It’s really wrong for you to hang around here, brother-in-law, now follow me back, let’s find something serious to do, and forget all about it.”

Zhong Xu was frightened and angry, and couldn't help shivering: "What? Are you blaming me too? I know you all think I'm not doing my job properly, but...but...I'm just singing a show, who am I provoking?"

At this moment, there was a sudden noise from the back garden, followed by the sound of fighting and fighting, and then the footsteps of a large number of people rushing forward.Seeing a group of people entering the Wenque Building from the back door, they were noisy and chattering. The two school lieutenants sent by Zuo Wenhui were the leaders, followed by His Royal Highness Prince Yin, Anxiu's son-in-law Zhou Shanghua and the two of them. A dozen guards came.

His Royal Highness King Yin was commanding the guards to chase and beat and scolded the two school captains all the way, and he wished to do it himself: "You dare to make trouble with this king, and ask me what I am doing here? What can I do in the academy? I'll do whatever your master is here for! My imperial brother doesn't care about me, but it's your turn to take care of me? I was detained by Cang Peiguo for two years. Seeing whether Tianer ate or drank, I couldn't touch women! For whom? It’s not for the safety of Zhu Luan! What’s wrong with finding a woman, Le Yile? This king is the oiran who sleeps all over Yunjing, no one can say anything!”

The two school lieutenants argued while avoiding the pursuit: "I was ordered to search and apprehend the spies. I didn't mean to offend His Highness, so please stop fighting!"

His Royal Highness Yin then filled with anger: "Spy, your master is the spy!"

Zhong Xu stared dumbfounded at His Royal Highness Prince Yin, who was furious.Those two people came to Yanhua Academy for the first time today, and when they saw Uncle Zhong Guo leading people to rehearse, they applauded.Zhong Xu naturally introduced the two as confidants, but he just took the girls to sing and dance on the stage, but he didn't pay attention when the two slipped away to the back garden. Of course, the purpose of slipping away was well known to everyone. .He pointed to King Yin and Zhou Shanghua and said in a low voice: "Look, Xiaoran, I don't eat, drink, whore, gamble, rob money, and sex. I'm not better than them two?" He really felt that he was much better than those two. The words are quite straightforward.

Mingran carried Zhong Xu into his arms, and signaled him to keep his mouth shut.Zhou Shanghua saw him, secretly pulled the corner of King Yin's clothes, and showed Mingran to him.King Yin glanced over, and his expression became gloomy: "Marquis of Yong Jiang, what are you doing here?"

Mingran said: "Come and pick up little uncle home."

Zhou Shanghua whispered: "This is too coincidental."

King Yin followed with a sneer: "That's right, it's such a coincidence! But I don't believe your words. Are you colluding with your deadly cousin, and came here specially to make trouble with this king? Tell me!"

Ming Ran frowned slightly: "His Royal Highness Yin, please be careful with your words, don't want to hurt others. I didn't know that His Royal Highness Yin was here today."

King Yin was furious when he heard the words: "I want to say, bah! He is just a noble title, and he relied on the gift of His Majesty Yin De from his ancestors, I can't say no to him! You all eat the royal salary and enjoy the wealth of the sky , but against me, dare to say that I am a spy, who am I? I am His Majesty's brother, if you offend me, you will slap my brother in the face!" His mouth was ruthless, but Mingran had also been notorious before, King Yin didn't dare to come directly to fight, but commanded the guards to chase down the two school lieutenants and his sergeants, and under the instruction of King Yin and Zhou Shanghua, they got closer and closer to Mingran's side during the fight, which seemed like Xiang Zhuang's sword dance meaning.

Mingran took advantage of the confusion of the two groups of people in the building, and his injured arm was unable to move. Seeing a bisque teacup rolling by his feet, he kicked the teacup out with a hook, turning it into a hidden weapon and galloping away. , Right in the heart of Prince Zhou.Concubine Zhou let out a miserable cry, fell straight back, and fell unconscious to the ground.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Mingran led Zhong Xu out of the Wenque Tower, and before leaving, he took another look at King Yin, but he met King Yin's questioning and fearful gaze, which was nothing more than sternness.The corner of his lips curved and he left, Ah Yan followed up and said in a low voice: "Master, do you want to take advantage of the chaos and get rid of them?"

For various reasons, Mingran also wanted to kill these two people, but he couldn't find a legitimate reason to kill them for a while.Besides, it was Zuo Wenhui who brought people to clear the academy this time. If the prince and son-in-law died here, I was afraid that he would not be able to do business with the lord, so it would be better to find another opportunity to get rid of him quietly, so he shook his head: "Since it is already Lesson learned, let's go first."

It was only then that Zhong Xu realized that it was his nephew who had shot just now, and hurriedly said, "Xiaoran, what are you doing? If you kill the son-in-law, the king will not let you go, and he will definitely push Anxiu's hag to you , then you have to ask for it if you don’t want it! Is...that Concubine Zhou dead?”

Mingran smiled and said: "I didn't die, it was just an unintentional act just now, thank you uncle for his insightful reminder in time. Since you love your nephew so much, why don't you go with my family."

Zhong Xu also wanted to leave this hell on earth as soon as possible, but felt that his hands were weak and his feet were weak, so he pointed to the ground and said, "There are all these corpses all over the place, how do I get out? I have to step on..."

Ming Ran said: "Close your eyes." With a swing of one hand, he was lifted onto his shoulders and brought back to the Yongjiang Marquis Mansion.

There were also seven or eight concubines left idle in Zhong Xu's former mansion, all of whom were brought back somehow when he was young and absurd.But after he went to the East China Sea for several years, some concubines eloped with others, some couldn't stand loneliness and stole others, the news reached Zuo Wenhui, he felt ashamed, so he decided to dismiss all the concubines. Therefore, the uncle's mansion ended up in a cold pot and a cold stove. It doesn't feel like home.

But Mingran is not much better than Zhong Xu, all the property in Yongjiang Hou's residence has been sold off, and now it is empty and desolate, Ming Zhuohua brought a few servants to manage it for a few days, and he can barely live there.Fortunately, Mingran didn't plan to stay here permanently, so he wrote a long letter in the evening, asking Ah Yan to go to the west side of Yunjing to find the traces of Ye Zhiliang and Wen Renyu, and be sure to ask them to write back to him Come here.

While waiting for the letter, the lord sent someone to summon him again, but he was reported to the lord for King Yin.

During this period of time, the ruler of the country has been very irritable. For Cang Peiguo, the soldiers and horses that set out from Jingzhou went all the way down the river. The enemy army has passed Chizhou, and they are about to attack Yunjing as soon as they see it.An urgent report was sent to Yunjing, all of which were requests for reinforcements.

But the king didn't dare to add any more reinforcements, and the remaining troops could only guard the periphery of Yunjing, otherwise the hearts would be disturbed and the consequences would be worrisome.Of course, this is a high-sounding reason. In fact, he was terrified in his heart, and woke up in cold sweat almost every night on the bed of Empress Xiao Xie. The whole mess, but it doesn't seem to be of any use.

So King Yin came to file a complaint, declaring that Ran wanted to kill him, and he got a little impatient.But King Yin stretched his bony arms towards his face: "Brother Huang, look at my arms and then my legs, I don't have enough to eat or wear in Pingjing..."

Although the king didn't believe that the emperor of Cangpei Kingdom was so stingy with the hostages, seeing that King Yin had indeed lost seven or eight catties compared to before, he couldn't help feeling a little soft-hearted, so he called Ming Ran to confront him, and said, "Guzheng has internal and external troubles. , can you stop making trouble! Xiaoran, Marquis Pingnan led someone to copy that academy, did you find any evidence?"