An Feng Bamboo Horse

?Thirty or so armored soldiers, led by an official who looked like a general, drove straight in from the gate, smashing away several guards who came forward to stop them with the back of their swords.Several soldiers of the Xia Mansion rushed out upon hearing the sound, and when they saw the menacing approach of the opponent, they immediately drew their knives out of their sheaths.

Xia Zun had already rushed to the door, and shouted: "Everyone stop!" He said to the leader who looked like an official, "My lord, may I ask what Xia Zun has committed?"

The man who looked like a military officer was only in his early forties, and he was careless, and he didn't pay much attention to Ding Guohou, who had made great achievements in the general.He took a handful of scrolls from the people around him, and said arrogantly: "Dingguo Hou Xia Zun, the supervisory censor, Qian Feng, wrote a letter of impeachment, listing you with a total of 7 charges of embezzling military pay, selling private salt, and extorting bribes from subordinates. The holy decree ordered me to come and search Dingguohou's mansion, and no one is allowed to stop him, including Dingguohou yourself!"

Xia Zun was slightly startled when he heard Qian Feng's name.

Qian Feng, the supervisory censor, said that there was no friendship if he said that he had friendship, and that there was no big festival if he said there was a festival.

Although Xia Anfeng did have a conflict with Mr. Qian's distant cousin in the state school back then, but it was just a child's fight, and no adult really took it to heart.There is no reason why I didn't care about it at the time, but ten years later, I somehow wrote a letter to impeach myself.

Naturally, this wasn't the hatred caused by the fight in the academy, so someone was behind it?

He stared at the yellow scroll, it was indeed a document in the palace, this search was carried out by order, and he had no right to stop it.

More and more personal soldiers rushed over, forming a row behind him, only waiting for Hou Ye's order, and then fought to the death with the soldiers who were ordered to search.

Xia Zun waved his hand, telling them to back away, and said, "Lord Qian Feng must have misunderstood the rumors and misunderstood Xia. Sirs, if you want to search, just search. Xia Zun has a clear conscience."

The other party sneered: "Do you have a clear conscience? You will find out after a search. Come, search for me!"

Thirty or so soldiers immediately dispersed.

Xia Zun is very sure about the mechanism of the Shuyuan secret room, and such a routine search method will definitely not be able to find out where Bu Jingchen is.As long as Bu Jingchen's whereabouts are not exposed, and the only wrong thing in his life is not exposed, his Dingguohou's mansion will not be afraid of anyone, any time to make excuses to search.

The noise in the front yard attracted Xia Anfeng who was looking for Bu Zhangbai at the mansion.

As soon as the red-haired boy came out of the hospital, he bumped into several well-armored strange soldiers head-on, all speaking with a capital accent, yelling and rushing around.

A soldier passed by him and kicked a flower pot away.

Xia Anfeng turned sideways to avoid the splashing tiles of the flowerpot, raised his eyebrows angrily, and raised his hand to touch the long sword pinned to his waist, "Where did the arrogant guy come from—"

"Feng'er."

Xia Zun stopped him, shook his head and said, "These people have come to search the mansion for any evidence of corrupting the law for their father by imperial decree."

"What?" Xia Anfeng was stunned for a moment, "Crafting money and perverting the law?"

He knew that his father had always been a fair man, had strict self-denial, and had a good relationship with his subordinates. Well, where did this accusation come from?

If these people came to his elder brother Xia Feng and said that he was a waste of life and bullying the market, Xia Anfeng would probably believe it to a certain extent; if he said his father Xia Zun, Xia Anfeng would not believe that his father would do that kind of arbitrariness even if he lost his head. Things that degrade one's worth and humiliate one's family style.

Xia Zun's face was serious: "I'm afraid it's someone who has a heart to stir up discord, but the emperor doesn't know why, but I believe you."

"Then let them wander around in the mansion?" Seeing those people rummaging in and out of the mansion with great fanfare, many maidservants were frightened and hid in hiding with their skirts on. "Father, even if there is an imperial decree, it's too much for them to ignore you so blatantly!"

"Go back to your room, and don't come out to make trouble without my order."

"Where am I making trouble!"

Xia Zundao: "Then you don't go to practice martial arts early in the morning, why are you wandering around in the yard?"

"I..." The red-haired young man blushed.

He didn't want to say that he was looking for Bu Zhangbai.After last night, he was full of thoughts, and all he saw was the expression of Bu Zhang's blushing and red cheeks, and he tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night.That person is obviously in the mansion, within reach, but it feels inexplicably far away, as if that person will disappear as soon as he opens his eyes.

Xia Anfeng has never tasted the taste of lovesickness, but could it be that this kind of sweet and bitter feeling, worrying about gains and losses, is the lovesickness mentioned in the book?

After he said a word, he blushed and became dazed. Xia Zun keenly sensed that his son was wrong, and said, "Why are you in a daze?"

"I...I'm looking for Xiaobai." Xia Anfeng said with a blushing face.

Xia Zun frowned: "Looking for Brother Zhang?" He suppressed the "Why are you blushing looking for him?"

Xia Anfeng hesitated and said, "No."

It's just that Xiaobai is thin-skinned, and it's best to keep his mind hidden. If he didn't mind the honey-sweet kiss between the two of them last night, it's possible that he ran somewhere to hide and refused to see him...

Xia Zun asked a few questions, but he only answered one, in a trance.Xia Zun had no choice but to give up, after all, now is not the time to care about the things between the two little children.

Those soldiers rummaged through Dingguohou's Mansion for about an hour, but found nothing, and the leading official came out with a sullen face.

Xia Zundao: "Your Excellency, you are not suspicious anymore?"

The official said coldly: "There are still a few places. I didn't want to disturb them at first, but in order to avoid the facts, I still want to ask Lord Hou to be magnanimous and allow the officials to lead people to search carefully. I heard that there is a forbidden place in the mansion. , there are also a few places where foreigners are not allowed to enter, such as the ancestral hall and the Yizhu Pavilion, so I have to visit them."

Xia Anfeng was already on the verge of losing his temper, Xia Zun held back his anger, pressed his hand, still smiling: "Your Excellency, do as you please."

The official snorted, and aggressively led people to the Yizhu Pavilion.

Xia Anfeng yelled: "Hey, check it out, don't dirty or damage the books inside!!"

Xia Zun gave him a strange look, remembering that this son has always been able to hide as far away from the books as possible. When did his attitude change drastically, and he started to care about the rare books in the Pearl Pavilion?

He said: "You have changed your temper and thought about reading a few books. This is a good thing. Brother Zhang hasn't taken office yet, so learn more from him."

He didn't mention it, but when he mentioned Bu Zhangbai, Xia Anfeng's face turned red suspiciously again, coughed a few times, and prevaricated: "I, I know."

They were standing in the atrium, and suddenly they heard a loud noise from the direction of the Pearl Pavilion, the sound of something being pushed down.Xia Zun and Xia Anfeng looked at each other, and at the same time, an ominous premonition flashed through their hearts.

He ran at full speed, and before he stepped into the Yizhu Pavilion, he heard the official inside yelling loudly: "It's the account book for the smuggling of salt, and the details of military pay and expenditure for the past five years! Guard the door, and no one is allowed to enter. , give me a more detailed search!!"

Xia Zun's footsteps faltered, his heart sank heavily, and he could smell the abnormal atmosphere.

This is unusual. In the bookstore, there are accounts of private salt sales and military pay that he has never had before—this shows that it is not just as simple as Qian Feng being instructed by someone to write a letter to impeach him; but someone deliberately, Framed! !

Xia Anfeng heard the loud shout at the same time as him, and the red-haired boy showed a panicked expression for the first time, and he blurted out: "Impossible! I only entered with Xiaobai late last night, there are no such things in the bookstore at all!! "

Xia Zun turned around abruptly, grabbed his shoulders fiercely, "What did you say, did you come here with Brother Zhang last night?"

Xia Anfeng said anxiously: "Yes! Xiaobai said he wanted to borrow a few books to read, so I brought him to the Yizhu Pavilion, thinking that Dad, don't you have a lot of good books in your collection? When we came last night, I searched every book in the Zangshu Pavilion, and there is nothing like what they said..."

Xia Zun's mind was pounding, he let go of the hand that was holding his shoulder, and took a step back.

Xia Anfeng was still waiting to tell the details of what happened last night, to prove that there were no such items as ledgers in the Book Pavilion, when he suddenly saw Ding Guohou's complexion as black as heavy iron, his usual cold and calm face showed a strange and ignorant expression. It's the expression of crying or laughing.

"Dad?"

Xia Zun said in a low voice: "Brother Zhang. It turned out to be Brother Zhang."

"Father, what are you talking about..." Although he couldn't understand, Xia Anfeng subconsciously panicked when he heard Bu Zhangbai's name. He took a step forward and tried to grab Xia Zun's hand. What's the matter with Bai? What the hell are you talking about?"

The expression on Xia Zun's face became more and more strange. He seemed to have lost sight of what Xia Anfeng was saying, so he pulled his hand away to avoid Xia Anfeng.

Ding Guohou looked up to the sky and laughed. "Haha... If it's really him, it's fine... Haha..."

Xia Anfeng was terrified, and vaguely realized that he had made a big mistake. This big mistake was related to Bu Zhangbai, to his father, and to Ding Guohou's whole family.

He opened his mouth to continue asking, but the noise inside gradually died down, and the sound of footsteps moved towards the outside of the Pearl Pavilion.

Xia Zun suddenly pushed him away, with a cold face: "Do you know what kind of big mistake you have made? I belong to the Xia family, and several generations of honor have been ruined by your hands!"

This push was so powerful that Xia Anfeng was unprepared, staggered, fell a few steps back, and ran into the hands of several soldiers following Xia Zun, and was firmly restrained.

"Father—?"

Ignoring Xia Anfeng's astonished and puzzled eyes, and before everyone in the inner circle came out, Ding Guohou gave an order to the soldiers who held Xia Anfeng hostage: "Listen to this order, Xia Anfeng, the second master of Xia's mansion, , I will be expelled from Dingguohou's mansion from now on, the family tree will be removed, and I will have nothing to do with my Xia mansion for life!!"

The soldiers said in unison: "Yes, I will follow the orders of the Marquis!"

Xia Anfeng couldn't help being dragged out of the house by them, he was still in a daze, unable to react.When he arrived in front of Hou's gate, several soldiers pushed him out of the gate heavily, saying: "Let's go!!"

Immediately in front of him, the heavy door of Lord Hou's Mansion was closed heavily.

Xia Anfeng stood up, threw himself on the door, and slammed the knocker violently: "Daddy! Daddy!!! Daddy!!!"

No matter how hoarse he was shouting, no matter whether the guards inside or the personal soldiers, he would not pay any attention to him.

He has always been well-received in the Hou Ye's mansion, because of his bright personality and approachable personality, he is more popular with everyone than the eldest son Xia Feng and the ignorant Xia Pingchang; today he is crying outside the door, and no one is sorry for him who was expelled from the mansion for no reason. Decided to say something nice.

Xia Anfeng threw herself on the door, refusing to let go, shouting and yelling, her voice was like a stone sinking into the sea, without causing a single ripple.

He tossed outside for half an hour, his voice became hoarse, and he slapped the door with his palm to splatter blood, but still no one responded.

Suddenly, the door suddenly opened to both sides.

Xia Anfeng's eyes lit up, and he was about to rush in the door, but the officials and several soldiers who were ordered to search Dingguohou's mansion walked out.

The official gave him a cold look, ignored him, turned around and said to the soldiers who followed: "Seal up the Marquis's mansion, wait for the official to bring these physical evidence back, and ask for further instructions before bringing someone to take this place away." Dig the earth, dig the bricks and search thoroughly. Before that, you should guard it carefully. No one person or bird is allowed to fly into the Marquis Mansion; similarly, no one person or bird is allowed Leave the Lord Hou's mansion!"

"Yes!!"

The gate of Lord Hou's Mansion was closed again in front of his eyes, and several soldiers stood in front of the gate with icy swords and halberds.

Xia Anfeng was cold all over, standing in front of the door trembling uncontrollably, his heart was frenzied to death. ?