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"No, the general will kill me." Hongye said in a fearful voice.People outside rumored how mighty General Ding'an was, brave and good at fighting, and caring for the people, but ever since she was rescued by General Ding'an, she knew clearly that this was not true. General Ding'an took in orphans and raised them to become murderous weapons. , once there is a traitor, immediately deal with it on the spot. She has witnessed the tragedy of her companion being cut in half by him.

"Since I have a way to know everything you do, I also have a way to protect your life." When Lan Ziyu said this, she didn't even blink her eyes. Hongye looked at Lan Ziyu's firm eyes and thought for a while.Gently nodded.

"Okay." Hongye replied, she knew very well in her heart that if she didn't agree, she might die in this secret room tonight. "But I have one condition, you must help me rescue my companions."

Hongye looked at Lan Ziyu stubbornly, a glimmer of hope for survival flashed in her eyes, besides herself, there were also those children who were training in General Ding'an's secret base hoping to escape from such a dark abyss.

"Okay." Lan Ziyu agreed after thinking for a moment. In fact, he himself didn't know what General Ding'an was doing. If it wasn't for the sudden news from the capital, he really didn't want to think in which direction.

After leaving the secret room, Lan Ziyu let out a long sigh of relief, and Mo Ruqing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly followed.

"What?" Mo Ruqing said lightly.

"It's nothing, it's just that I can't figure it out." Lan Ziyu shook her head and walked forward. General Ding'an has a bad temper, but the rumors from the outside world are very good, and the reputation is also good. It's just how to deal with this matter.

"I suddenly feel that you are hiding many things from us." Mo Ruqing walked a few steps, and suddenly stopped and pulled Lan Ziyu.

Lan Ziyu turned around and suddenly smiled.

"To each other." He smiled very flatly, as if he had seen through it, probably because he was guilty of being watched, Mo Ruqing suddenly smiled.

"How did you become like a girl, always smiling so brightly?" Mo Ruqing asked

Lan Ziyu was taken aback, blushed, but felt uneasy, and then replied: "You are the girl, you can blush when you are shy, but I don't."

Mo Ruqing blushed when she heard the words, Lan Ziyu couldn't help standing where she was and burst out laughing, the evening breeze was blowing, cool but not cold, it seemed to have a hint of tenderness.It's just that the coldness in my heart still hasn't dissipated.

"Go back to your room and sleep first, I'll go to the study." Lan Ziyu parted ways with Mo Ruqing after saying that, and walked towards Xiyuan's study alone.There are some things that Mo Ruqing doesn't need to know. Even though he regards Mo Ruqing as a very close person now, it still doesn't work.

Before Lan Ziyu had time to enter the study, he asked about the smell of blood. He thought it was bad, but sure enough, when he hurried into the study, there was a dead man lying on the ground, and he said displeasedly .

"I just left for a short while and something happened. How on earth are you doing things!" Lan Ziyu spoke in a loud voice, and it seemed that he was really angry.

"Someone sneaked up on us while we were being escorted, and the housekeeper didn't notice anything unusual." The two young men whispered.

"You are people who have been trained by my master, why can't you even sense the enemy." Lan Ziyu said even more displeased.These young men are all the disciples that the master accepted when he was traveling around, and he is still his junior brother, but if he wants to let the court know that he has so many masters, he will be denounced. Fortunately, the master has a strange habit. That's why he thought of this little trick, in order to keep the masters that the master sent him a steady stream of masters by his side quietly.

"Master, this only shows that the opponent's martial arts are superior to ours." One of the older ones said.

Lan Ziyu glanced at him, and after a while, finally heaved a long sigh of relief, and he waved his hand: "Forget it, next time you encounter such a thing, just drag it and bury it, don't drag it into the house again." , the trouble of cleaning."

When the two young men heard Lan Ziyu's words, they supported the person on the ground as if they were relieved, and disappeared into the room in a blink of an eye.Lan Ziyu glanced at the blood stains on the ground, and sighed helplessly, it seems that he will stay up all night to clean again.

The next day, Hongye's legs were cured within an hour after rubbing Liu Xiazi's medicine. Lan Ziyu entrusted someone to quietly send her to the capital.

"Master, all the officers and soldiers in the yard are gone." Uncle Chen whispered in his ear.

Lan Ziyu wasn't too surprised, but just replied indifferently: "General Ding'an wants to kill them, so he probably ran away."

Lan Ziyu said calmly, in fact, if he rescued them, the lives of these people would be saved, but if they are greedy, they have to pay the price themselves, if they can survive under the pursuit of General Ding'an, they are lucky, if they can't survive It has nothing to do with Lan Ziyu, the world is so big, there are poor people everywhere, but these people are not worthy of his pity.

"Uncle Chen, I have something important to return to Beijing this time. You help those fleeing. If the granary is empty, you can write a letter to the capital. I will deliver the grain and grass when the time comes." After Lan Ziyu finished speaking, Mo Ruqing was He yawned and walked out of the house, still dressed in white, looking lazy.

"Master, take care." Chen Bo looked at Lan Ziyu worriedly.

"You're almost an adult, you worry too much." Lan Ziyu pulled Mo Ruqing's sleeve and walked out of the gate after finishing speaking. If he wanted to know the whereabouts of those middle-aged men, he had to go to the capital.

This trip was even more time-consuming than last time, and Lan Ziyu arrived in the capital in just four days, and there seemed to be no sign of trouble, but when she heard that General Ding'an's daughter was going to choose a husband, Lan Ziyu couldn't help but be careful.

Only at this time can we clearly see the trend in the court. Those who curry favor with General Ding'an must be in opposition to those who curry favor with the prime minister.But the prime minister is too upright, and to put it bluntly, he is the type of loyal words that hurt one's ears.No matter which one of these two is more powerful, it is not a good thing.Now that the emperor is still seated, this situation may not change for the time being, but when the queen mother takes power in a few months, the prime minister's status will definitely surpass that of General Ding'an, and General Ding'an will definitely turn his back at that time, which will trigger the "South Gate War" back then. Change".Now is a good time for General Ding'an to win over forces.

"Ruqing, what do you think about this?" Lan Ziyu asked lightly.

"Today, if General Ding'an wants to prevent his own power from becoming a threat, he will definitely marry the prince and win over veteran officials who maintain the imperial power. Even if the prime minister is the queen mother's younger brother, the queen mother will not be too partial to one side." Mo Ruqing analyzed carefully. .

"Oh, you know it quite well, why don't you become a high official? You will definitely be a high official in the court in the future." Lan Ziyu said jokingly.

"It's nice to be an ordinary person, to be clean." After Mo Ruqing finished his sentence, he calmly drank a glass of sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

Lan Ziyu said nothing, just looked at him with a smile.

The two were full and walked out of "Qianlixiang", but Lan Ziyu had no intention of returning to her mansion.Halfway through the walk, Mo Ruqing still couldn't help asking.

"Where are we going?"

"General's Mansion." Lan Ziyu answered naturally.

Mo Ruqing's face turned pale, but he quickly returned to normal. He said lightly, "I'll go back and do some work. I don't like this kind of high-ranking officials very much. When I meet them, I will bow down."

"That's all, I know your virtue, go back quickly, make a table of delicious food and wait for me." Lan Ziyu waved her sleeves and walked towards her destination.

The General's Mansion is actually not far from his mansion, and the stone wall is only three streets away. Lan Ziyu walked leisurely, and found a clay figurine when passing by a street stall.He was very interested and walked up.

"Old man, give me General Ding'an." He threw down two coins.The old man saw that he was a distinguished guest, but after a long time he pinched General Ding'an, Lan Ziyu looked at it carefully, and even smiled, the clay figurine looked real.

"Thank you, old man." After Lan Ziyu finished speaking, she picked up the tool knife at the side and hit it down hard with the back of the knife. The head of the just made clay figurine was immediately separated from the body.

"Guest, this is..." The old man couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw the clay figurines he made were smashed into pieces.

"Old man, wrap it up for me." Lan Ziyu handed the broken clay figurine in her hand to the old man to wrap it up. When she took it, she handed over another tael of silver and walked happily to the gate of the general's mansion.

Before entering the gate, he was stopped by two guards.

"Brother, please let me know and say that the grass-roots man Lan Ziyu is asking to see you." After saying that, Lan Ziyu gave a piece of silver by himself.Seeing that Qian's eyes opened, the two younger brothers immediately rushed in.But after a while, he came out and immediately welcomed Lan Ziyu in.

Although Lan Ziyu had a smile on her face, her eyes were studying everywhere. The courtyard is really well built, with pavilions, small pavilions and attics, and full of camellias, which is very beautiful.Unexpectedly, the rude General Ding'an was so elegant, Lan Ziyu waved her fan and swayed it gently.

But after a while, he arrived at General Ding'an's bookstore, the door was opened, and an old man who thought he was in his fifties or sixties came out immediately.

"Caomin greets the general." Lan Ziyu bent down to salute, but she didn't mean to kneel down.

General Ding'an was slightly displeased, but he didn't say much. He just smirked and said, "I don't know why the richest man in Tiansheng came to this residence."

Lan Ziyu snorted coldly in his heart, but it didn't show on his face, he said slowly: "Caomin suddenly felt that the general cares about people's livelihood recently, so why don't the grass people donate 1000 taels to build a summer residence for the general?"