An Feng Bamboo Horse

?The Dingguo Hou Mansion, thousands of miles away, was shrouded in an ominous atmosphere.

A maid came carefully to the door of the eldest son Xia Feng's room with a cup of bitter soup.She was about to push the door open, but the door suddenly opened, and the two maidservants were thrown out of the room by retreating and shoving, accompanied by Xia Feng's violent roar: "Get out! The medicine is so hot, are you trying to kill this prince?" !!"

The two maidservants were covered with bruises, got up and staggered away.The servant girl who was carrying the soup was trembling with fear. When she stepped into the room, her voice was trembling: "Ma'am, my son, the medicine...the medicine is here."

Mrs. Ding Guohou was comforting Xia Feng who was sitting at the table panting, and said, "Let it go."

The maidservant put down the medicine bowl as if she had been pardoned, turned around and left hastily.

Xia Feng's face was dark and his lips were blue and white. He was beaten by Marquis Dingguo himself for twenty sticks, and then knelt down in the ancestral hall. His injuries were serious.In the past few days, I have been recuperating with great care. Although I am recovering day by day, the resentment in my heart is really hard to explain.

The killer he sent not only failed to take Xia Anfeng's life, but was escorted by Xia Anfeng's commander Qin Jiuxian to file a complaint in front of his father. go out.

Although those servants may not know why he was punished, they can still see Hou Ye's indifference to his son.

It's all Qin Jiuxian's fault, this bastard is on Xia Anfeng's side and wants to be his open enemy.He is the commander of the personal army, even if the commander does not accept his heir, how many of his subordinates will accept Xia Feng?Even if he decides to attack the nobles in the future, I'm afraid that Qin Jiuxian and his group will not obey his wishes.

Xia Feng's face was gloomy, and after thinking about it these days, he felt that it was not poisonous and not a husband, so he had to be ruthless if he wanted to do it.Today I specially invited my mother over to discuss important matters.

Mrs. Hou Ye brought the soup for him, Xia Feng suddenly said: "Mother, Qin Jiuxian cannot stay here."

Mrs. Hou said: "Commander Qin?"

She knew that her son bought and murdered her younger brother, and she was the one who revealed it to Lord Hou, and she hated him to the bone; but the other party was led by her husband's own soldiers, and she was skilled in martial arts. Even if she was Mrs. Hou, she couldn't find his fault. There is nothing to do with him.

She moved closer and whispered, "What does my son want?"

Xia Feng's eyes showed malice, and he said coldly: "The child has already thought of a plan in the past few days, taking advantage of the fact that father is not in the mansion today, and only needs mother's cooperation, so..."

Commander Qin walked past the outside of the book garden, and greeted the two soldiers guarding the forbidden area of ​​the book garden with a nod.

He was about to patrol the outer courtyard for a week when he suddenly saw Mrs. Hou Ye walking towards him.According to the rules of the Hou Mansion, female family members are not allowed to show their faces easily, and even their personal soldiers should avoid them.At the moment Commander Qin was about to turn his back to avoid him, when Mrs. Hou saw him, she stepped up a few steps and grabbed his sleeve in time.

Commander Qin was shocked and said, "Ma'am, this is—"

Before the sentence was finished, Mrs. Hou's voice was hoarse, begging bitterly: "Commander Qin, Master Hou is not in the mansion, I can't find anyone else, please look at Feng'er, Feng'er, he, he..."

Commander Qin has never had a good impression of Xia Feng. This time he escorted Xia Anfeng and saw Xia Feng's methods of chasing and killing with his own eyes. Kaishizi's room.

He said: "Madam, let go of your hand first, if you let the servants see you, it will tarnish Madam's reputation..."

Mrs. Hou Ye did not let go but tightened her grip, she stepped closer to him, the scent of powder on the lady's clothes was almost tangy.The wife begged him: "Commander Qin, at this time I don't care whether a man or a woman will marry or not, Feng'er has a high fever and won't retreat no matter what, Commander Qin, you go and see him and think of a way to save him, please!!"

Commander Qin knew that because of his complaint, Xia Feng was severely beaten by Master Hou for twenty sticks, and his injuries never fully recovered.In the past few days, I heard that he lost his temper in the room, and he didn't drink any medicine, and he didn't apply any wound medicine.Originally, this had nothing to do with him, and he could have just walked away; but Mrs. Hou clung to his sleeves tightly, and the two of them were very eye-catching in the corridor.

He couldn't use force to force her to let go, and he was worried that his subordinates would gossip, so he could only respond: "Madam, don't worry, this subordinate will just go and visit with you."

Only then did Mrs. Hou heave a sigh of relief, she still held onto him tightly, lest he run away.When the two came to the door of Xia Feng's room, they saw that the surroundings were quiet, and there were no maids and attendants by their side.

Commander Qin pushed open the door, and saw a person lying on the bed, facing inward, short of breath.If Xia Feng was really on the verge of death with a high fever, it would be too bad to see him die, so Commander Qin walked to the bed, bent down, and reached out to touch Xia Feng's forehead.

With his hand reaching up, the person lying on the bed suddenly lay on his back, opened his eyes, clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "It's fun, it's fun!!!"

Commander Qin was stunned, only then did he see the face of the person lying on the bed clearly, it was clearly Xia Pingchang, where was Xia Feng?

That Xia Pingchang and Xia Feng are born of Mrs. Hou Ye's wife, their body and appearance are somewhat similar; when they were lying in the quilt without making a sound, they deceived Qin Jiuxian.

At this moment, he suddenly made a sound, and Commander Qin was stunned, and a thought flashed across his mind: Not good.

It is too late.

He only felt a chill in his chest, and a long sword pierced his chest behind him, splashing blood everywhere.

Turning his head slowly, he saw the real Xia Feng standing coldly behind him with bare feet and swords in both hands.

Qin Jiuxian's body fell slumped, Xia Feng let go of the hilt of his sword, and dragged the body to the dark place of the room.

Xia Pingchang sat up from the bed, clapped his hands and laughed loudly, and shouted "Come again, come again!" Mrs. Hou leaned against the door, lest someone would come in and see this scene, trembling all over.

Xia Feng shouted at Xia Pingchang: "Shut up!"

At this moment, Mrs. Hou became afraid, and asked her son tremblingly: "Feng'er, what should we do with the corpse of Commander Qin? Your father must not find out about this, otherwise, otherwise..."

She thought of how Xia Zun would be furious when she found out that her mother and son had committed such a crime, and she already regretted it greatly.

Xia Feng sneered and said: "So what if he found out? He has always been partial to Xia Anfeng, when did he have a good face towards me? At worst, he will execute me!"

Mrs. Hou Ye said in fear: "Feng'er, you can't talk nonsense. Your father, he is only strict with you after all. How could he kill you?" Suddenly a thought came to her mind, and said: "Leave this matter to mother , Earlier on the corridor, I had a fight with him, so I went to your father to sue, saying that while he was visiting you, he despised your mother... You just need to say that you were in a stalemate with him, and you unintentionally drew a sword and stabbed him .”

Xia Feng said: "Father is so vigilant, and his rule is so strict. Qin Jiuxian has followed him through life and death for so many years, how could he believe that he is contemptuous of his mother? I have another way, maybe I can deceive him." Gritting his teeth, he also thought Not so much, and pushed my brother off the bed.

Mrs. Hou Ye said in surprise: "Feng'er, what are you going to do, let go of your brother, don't..."

Xia Feng said coldly: "Mother, at this point, I'm afraid Brother Chang will have to make some more sacrifices for me."

When Xia Zun came back from going out to do errands, as soon as he stepped into the house, he heard an urgent report from his servants that there was a fire in the place where Brother Chang lived in Xiyuan.

He didn't care about changing clothes, so he rushed to the west courtyard in a hurry. From a distance, he saw the fire in the west courtyard, and the green smoke hovered in the sky, turning half of the evening sky red.

Xia Pingchang is mentally demented, but Xia Zun has never had any prejudice against him, and has always loved and cared for him.Even because he knew he was safe and harmless, he cared more about him than the ruthless eldest son.

The fire in the west courtyard had obviously been burning for a long time, half of the courtyard walls had burned to the point of collapse, and there were broken bricks and tiles all over the ground, and the fire was still raging in the innermost wing.Dozens of guards and domestic servants carried buckets, copper basins, earthen pots and other water-holding utensils, and kept pouring water on the fire.

Marquis Ding Guo grabbed an attendant casually and said, "Where's Brother Chang?"

The attendant was holding a bucket of water in his hand, and when he saw Lord Hou came back, he quickly lowered his hands and replied, "Brother Chang is fine, he just choked on some smoke, and he has been rescued to Madam's room."

Hearing that Xia Pingchang was fine, Xia Zun let go of his heart and asked, "How did this fire start?"

"It is said... It is said that Brother Chang was playing with candles and flints alone in the room. The lamp oil fell and burned the curtains and hanging curtains on the bed. Wing room..."

Xia Zun frowned: "He is playing alone in the room? How is that possible? Didn't you tell him not to leave people around for a moment?"

The attendant muttered: "Yeah, I don't know what happened, just at that moment, there was no one around Brother Chang, it seemed that he had relieved himself. Who knew it was only for a short while..."

The fire started strangely, Xia Zun thought to himself, he would ask Brother Chang in person later.

After the fire was extinguished, another news came. Under a broken beam, there lay a charred corpse. It seemed that a falling beam hit the back and burned alive. into ashes.

Xia Zun stepped into his wife's room with a sullen face, and Mrs. Hou Ye leaned over and sat on the side of the bed, watching Xia Pingchang who was unconscious on the bed with a worried face.

Ding Guohou approached with strides, stretched out his hand to check his son's pulse, it was still stable.

He said, "Have you seen the doctor?"

Mrs. Hou wept and said: "I've seen it. Chang'erfu is very lucky. At last, there is nothing serious about it. It's just that the doctor said that he inhaled too much smoke and damaged his heart and lungs. Let him rest for a while. Master Hou If you want to blame the concubine, don't blame Chang'er." She wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and sobbed, "I, Chang'er, have a hard life too. It's so worrying and hurts everyone..."

Xia Zundao: "Brother Chang has a dead body in his son's room, do you know who it is?"

There was no ups and downs in the tone of his question, but Mrs. Hou's heart trembled when she heard it.Feeling guilty, he said, "What, what corpse?"

Xia Zun frowned: "Did you not know about the disappearance of any of his trusted servants beside him?"

Mrs. Hou Ye gave an ah, and said: "I am a concubine, my whole mind is on Chang'er, and Hou Ye came to ask me about my concubine, my body and mind are in a mess..."

Xia Zundao: "It's Ben who is in a hurry. You take care of Brother Chang. When he wakes up, Ben will come to see him." After speaking, he glanced at the comatose person on the bed, turned around and opened the door.

Xia Feng was in his own room, keeping an eye on the situation outside, but only heard that the fire was extinguished, the corpses found in the wing room were packed up and buried, and Xia Pingchang temporarily lived in his mother's yard.Other than that, there was no news that his father Xia Zun had pursued the matter.

A few days passed, and he gradually began to feel uneasy. Even if his father didn't know that the corpse was Qin Jiuxian, wouldn't his father be suspicious if he didn't see Qin Jiuxian for such a long time?

Could it be that his father has been secretly investigating Qin Jiuxian's whereabouts, where he last appeared before his death, and who he met?

But he comforted himself, it doesn't matter, when his mother went to pull Qin Jiuxian, no one saw him, and when he did it, he also sent the guards and maidservants far away, so it was impossible for him to be associated with him, and his mother was determined not to betray him.

Under the circumstances at that time, no one could guess the connection between him and Qin Jiuxian's death, except, only——

The prince of the Xia Mansion showed a cruel smile, and said softly: "Brother Chang, it's a pity, mother watched you so closely...why didn't you simply choke on the smoke and die in that fire? "

It seems that we have to find another way to avoid future troubles forever. ?