Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

"Yu'er, why did you come back at this time? You're so worried about me!" Daiyu just entered the room when she saw Yinzhen hurried in, but her face was full of worry. "It's nothing, I just ran into two people by chance on the way back, so I was delayed for some time, it's okay." Daiyu saw that Yinzhen, who was usually calm when Mount Tai collapsed in front of her eyes, showed such a gentle look to herself , I didn't feel warm in my heart, so I comforted him.

Seeing that Daiyu was fine, Yinzhen felt relieved and said, "Jiang Ruofeng sent a letter just now, saying that he will turn around in two days." Hearing this, Daiyu said happily, "Look. Jiang Ruofeng's work efficiency is really high." After saying that, he was puzzled and said: "It's just that I asked him to inquire about the matter. If there is a clue, he can just send a letter to tell him. How can we return it? Come here yourself?"

When Yinzhen heard the words, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Could it be that Yu'er has forgotten? You promised him that if he succeeds in doing that, you will promise Xiao Yueyan to him. He will never forget it. Come again It is because of his style of conduct, to be honest, I have never seen such a cautious person, I suddenly received his letter from Fei Ge, but I didn't understand it for a while." After speaking, he said A note was given to Daiyu.

Daiyu took it, opened it, and saw that there were only two sentences excerpted from the "Preface to the Pavilion of the King of Teng" written on the note: "The sunset and the lonely bird fly together, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky." After reading it, Daiyu , just smiled slightly, and said: "This Jiang Ruofeng really has the ability to show off." After speaking, he sighed again, and said: "Forget it, let him go, if he really had two brushes, how could I Find him to find out the details of Qiu Buda?"

"Yu'er, you understand the meaning of these two sentences." Yinzhen was a little surprised, it took him nearly half a cup of tea to understand what these two sentences really said.But Daiyu smiled and said: "It's not important whether you understand it or not. The important thing is, fourth brother, we have to find a way to deal with the matter here early, and then return to Beijing as soon as possible, I'm afraid things will change later. And I guess, Qingwen Chunxian and the others are almost reaching their limit."

Yinzhen said: "Yu'er, you are right. In fact, just now, I not only received Jiang Ruofeng's letter from Feige, but also received a letter from Huang Ama. Huang Ama said that he is the eldest son of the court and their power has almost been revealed. I came out, and the prince seems to be unable to sustain the overall situation, so I need to go back to help the prince, after all, the prince cannot be completely eliminated now, and Huang Ama has long been determined to deal with that old fox Suoxiang."

Daiyu laughed and said, "So, Uncle Emperor has made up his mind?" After saying this, he paused again, and said, "It's just that before Suo'ertu is dealt with, do we have to take over the four major families first? But I know that the four major families and Suo Xiang have broken their bones and tendons." Hearing this, Yinzhen felt a little strange, and said, "Yu'er, are you exaggerating your words? The four major families No matter what, he is just a slave in clothes, and Suo Xiang is the master of the three banners of Manchuria, and he is the head of all officials. " Daiyu smiled coldly when she heard the words, and said: "Fourth brother, you underestimate the four major families. Duke? Besides, don’t forget that Rongning and Ningfu have iron coupons in the book of pills as life-saving talismans.”

When Yinzhen heard the words, his face darkened, and he said, "So they can't be moved?" Daiyu smiled and said, "Fourth brother, you are so stupid, since the emperor's uncle wants to ask Ertu and the four major families, could they not have considered this point, besides, if the Rongning and Ning families want to use the Danshu Iron Coupon to save their lives, they must be able to get it!" Yinzhen heard Daiyu's words He glanced at Daiyu suspiciously, not knowing what Daiyu meant.However, he is not in a hurry, they are just some coated slaves, so what if there are iron coupons in the Dan book to save their lives, if they can escape the capital crime, can they avoid the life crime?He is a majestic Dorobeile, if he can't even deal with some slaves, he doesn't have to be this Baylor! Thinking of this, Yinzhen's eyes have a hint of sternness. Can't you?It is important to know that "the open gun is easy to understand, but the hidden arrow is hard to defend", he does not believe it, how many lives can they have, and whether they can withstand their own "greeting"!

Daiyu didn't pay attention to what Yinzhen was thinking at the moment. For her, the most important thing now is to hope that Jiang Ruofeng will return to Fuzhou soon, so that she can hurry back to the capital as soon as possible after these matters are settled. After all, she can guess that it will not last long in the capital, and another point is that Qiu Buda's real identity is very important, and if her guess is correct, then Qiu Buda Da should have nothing to do with Concubine Yi in the palace, otherwise how could he hide in the palace so unnoticed and no one has found him?

Just as Daiyu was thinking about these things, she suddenly saw a maidservant in Tsing Yi who was serving beside Yinglian come in, saluted Daiyu and Yinzhen, and said, "Go back to Sibeile, go back to Princess Chenyu, dinner It's ready, please go and eat." Daiyu heard this, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Please tell Yinglian, just let her order someone to bring the food to this room. Gong and Si Baylor still have some important matters to deal with."

The maid in Tsing Yi heard this, and said, "Yes, I know." After saying that, she bowed to Daiyu and Yinzhen, bowed and retreated.Then, after about a cup of tea, the maid in Tsing Yi led a few young girls, brought the food into the room one by one, and then retreated out.

Li Wei is just a local magistrate from the fourth rank, and his annual salary is only [-] taels, and his salary is only [-] hu. Li Wei has always been clean and honest, and he has no property in Fuzhou, so his life is also very difficult. Those who are relatively poor, and in addition to spending a lot of money to treat Yinglian's mother's eyes, the food and clothing expenses in the village are not as good as those of ordinary people.Therefore, although Daiyu and Yinzhen's food is much better than Li Wei's, it is nothing more than two meat, four vegetables and one soup.Fortunately, Yinzhen is frugal by nature, and Daiyu is well aware of the situation in Li Wei's mansion, so not only did she not blame her too much, she also considered that a group of five like her did cost a lot, so she also gave Yinglian a lot The bank subsidizes the family, and occasionally goes out to eat together, so as not to make Li Wei's already unsupportable family financial situation worse.

After dinner, Yinzhen asked Daiyu, "Yu'er, you said you wanted to tell me something important, what is it?" Daiyu just closed the door when she heard the words, and then said mysteriously to Yinzhen. With a smile, he said: "Fourth brother, guess who we met on the way back just now?" "Who?" Yinzhen asked curiously, and at the same time he also vaguely felt that the person Daiyu met was definitely not Ordinary people, sure enough, after Daiyu told him the whole story, Yinzhen's face became a little dignified.

"Fourth brother, to be honest, I was a little surprised to meet Chen Jinnan today. Although Fujian can be regarded as the home of the Tiandihui, according to my understanding, Guangzhou should be the place where the most congregations gather today. , and of course Chen Jinnan should be in Guangzhou, but how did he come here?" After saying that, Daiyu frowned in confusion. "Okay, Yu'er, don't think about it any more. When Jiang Ruofeng comes back, everything will be clear." Although Yinzhen also had the same question in his heart, he still persuaded him like this.

"That's right, now I only hope that he will come back sooner. After all, it is not suitable for us to stay in the rivers and lakes in our identities, and the situation in the capital must be extremely tight. But fortunately, there is Daddy Sitting in the town, I don't think there will be any problems for a while." After finishing speaking, Daiyu saw that it was getting late, so she opened her mouth and said to Yinzhen: "Okay, it's getting late, fourth brother, you should too Go to rest early."

When Yinzhen heard the words, he said, "Okay, I'll go to rest now, but Yu'er, you don't sleep much, so don't read until midnight at night." Yinzhen knows Daiyu very well, and Daiyu often sleeps before going to bed. Holding a book and reading it on the bed, so that she couldn't fall asleep after reading it, so Daiyu can only sleep two times at most every time, no wonder Yinzhen is worried. "Okay, I got it." Daiyu pouted on the surface, but she looked very unhappy, but she was very sweet in her heart. It feels so good to have the fourth brother worrying like this!

Daiyu Yinzhen and others lived in Li Wei's mansion for two or three days. During this period, Daiyu also secretly asked Lin Jiezhi to inquire about Chen Jinnan and others. The strange thing is that Chen Jinnan and others have been with Daiyu and others since that day. After meeting people, they seem to have evaporated in this world, and there is no trace of information. This makes Daiyu feel very worried: it seems that the water in the world is much deeper than she imagined. .

On this day, Daiyu and the others had just finished their lunch when they saw a figure flashing in the door, which startled everyone. When they looked closely, it was none other than Jiang Ruofeng.Because Ying Lian didn't know Jiang Ruofeng, seeing him suddenly broke into the house, although she was timid, she still boldly stepped forward and said, "Who are you? You must know that this is the inner house of the Fuzhou magistrate. How could you come in rashly?" Jiang Ruofeng listened. He just smiled and said, "If it wasn't for the Fuzhou magistrate's inner house, I wouldn't have come here."

After all, she didn't pay attention to Yinglian any more, she just said to Daiyu: "Princess, I have already investigated everything you asked me to investigate, don't forget your promise." Daiyu slightly She smiled, but didn't answer, just said: "Didn't you say that it will only take three or five days, and now it's the sixth day." Jiang Ruofeng smiled and said: "I will explain everything to the princess in detail later, and the princess will tell you everything." Know why I came a day late, and presumably the princess will be grateful for my late return after hearing my words."

Daiyu smiled when she heard the words, and said, "Oh? I'm really curious." After listening to the conversation between Daiyu and Jiang Ruofeng, Yinglian knew that Daiyu must be familiar with Jiang Ruofeng, so she was relieved , and because they guessed from their words that what they said next must be extremely important and extremely secret, so they led the servant girl back out.At this time, Yinzhen and Yinxiang heard that Jiang Ruofeng was coming, so they also walked in.

"Now you can talk." Seeing Yinzhen Yinxiang coming in, Daiyu opened her mouth to Jiang Ruofeng.Jiang Ruofeng said: "In this case, I will start talking." After speaking, Yin smiled at Daiyu mysteriously, and said: "First of all, let's talk about autumn. If I don't say it, I think the princess will definitely guess." Who will it be if it doesn't come this autumn?" Yinxiang's temperament was already a little anxious, seeing Jiang Ruofeng being so condescending, he naturally couldn't stand it, so he hurriedly urged Jiang Ruofeng to say: "Quickly tell me who this autumn is. , don’t make two or three paragraphs out of one sentence!”

Jiang Ruofeng suddenly heard Yinxiang's voice comparable to a lion's roar, and felt startled, but he couldn't say anything, so he touched his nose and said: "This autumn is not someone else, it is Hong Shuntang from the Tiandihui Hong Shuntang. Lord, his name is He Shaodong!" "It's him?" Daiyu cried out unconsciously when she heard the words, although she had guessed countless times, until Jiang Ruofeng opened her mouth, she was still thinking whether this Qiu Buda was Chen Jinnan or Others, but she never thought of linking He Shaodong and Qiu Buda.

Jiang Ruofeng seemed very satisfied to see Daiyu's surprised face, and then continued: "This He Shaodong is not a young man as he appears on the surface, in fact he is already 40 years old." "40 years old? How is it possible? His age seems to be no more than 40 years old." Yin Xiang exclaimed, so wouldn't He Shaodong grow old?How could it be [-] years old?Daiyu frowned when she heard this, and said: "No, it's possible, I've heard from Master that there is a magical skill of disguise that can not only change a person's appearance, but also their age. If you want to be old, you can become old, if you want to be young, you can become young. Although I don't know how good He Shaodong's martial arts is, Master once said that there are still people in this world who can disguise themselves."

Jiang Ruofeng nodded, and said: "Princess Chenyu's words are true, this He Shaodong did get the martial arts cheats of the disguise magic skill by chance, and later changed his appearance with the disguise magic skill, and after he became what he is now, he joined After joining Tiandihui, he soon became the incense master of Hong Shuntang. The most interesting thing is not his ability to disguise himself, but his real background." "True background?" I feel a little surprised, what kind of life experience can a person from the rivers and lakes have that makes people care?

"This He Shaodong is not someone else, but the biological son of Princess Changping of the former Ming Dynasty!" Jiang Ruofeng said softly, but it set off a huge wave in the hearts of Daiyu and others!It turns out that He Shaodong is a descendant of the former Ming Dynasty, so it is no wonder that he wanted to overthrow the Qing court so much. Not only did he secretly cooperate with Concubine Yi to murder Prince Yinreng, but also Yinzhen and the others, and he also wanted to use beauties to go deep into the court, hoping to be able to To achieve the goal of fishing in troubled waters, he also coveted the treasure map rumored in the rivers and lakes, but it turns out that everything is due to this. He wants to re-establish a Ming Dynasty, so as to realize his own dream of becoming an emperor!

Seeing the angry and pitiful expressions on the faces of Daiyu Yinzhen and others, Jiang Ruofeng knew that Daiyu and the others had already understood He Shaodong's real purpose, so he didn't say any more, because he said: "Princess must be , Sibei Le, and Thirteen Brothers also guessed He Shaodong's purpose. But now there is still a very tricky thing to do!" Miaoyu heard the words, because she asked: "What tricky thing?"

Jiang Ruofeng said: "That's why I came back one day late." After finishing speaking, he picked up the tea on the table and took a sip to moisten his already smoky throat, and then continued: "Facts On the way, on my way back, I happened to meet someone from the Tiandihui, so I followed them quietly to find out, and it turned out that I found Chen Jinnan, the chief rudder of the Tiandihui, and He Shaodong in an unremarkable family. I don't know what was being said in the small pharmacy. I was afraid of being discovered by them, so I didn't dare to follow closely. I just went back to find Brother Baiwen, that is, Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng, for help, and finally passed Brother Baiwen's inquiry Only then did I find out that Chen Jinnan and He Shaodong were planning to hold a hero meeting at Yanyu Building in Jiaxing during the Mid-Autumn Festival next month to discuss who will be the leader of the martial arts alliance."

"The leader of the martial arts? Is there no leader of the martial arts in this Jianghu?" Miaoyu was a little puzzled. "The former leader of the martial arts alliance, Tie Kuangshi, passed away more than a month ago. Since everyone in the world is in awe of the former leader of the martial arts alliance, since his death until now, no one has proposed to re-elect the leader of the martial arts alliance. Well." Jiang Ruofeng explained.After finishing speaking, Jiang Ruofeng said with some concern: "It's just that they are planning to elect the leader of the martial arts alliance now. It must not be a sudden whim, but a long-term careful planning. And the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance must not be obtained by the people of Tiandihui Go, otherwise they will definitely take advantage of their position as the leader of the martial arts alliance to hold high the banner of anti-Qing and contend against the imperial court, and then the people of the world will be plunged into dire straits again."

Daiyu thought for a while, and asked Jiang Ruofeng, "How many people are qualified to be the leader of the martial arts alliance in the Jianghu?" Three." After hearing this, Daiyu hurriedly asked, "Which three?"

Jiang Ruofeng said: "One is Zhang Qiujing, the current leader of the Wudang School. It is said that he was originally a descendant of Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the Wudang School. It is Taijiquan and Taijijian that have yet to meet opponents in the world; the other is Yuyangtian, the owner of the famous sword villa in Quanzhou. His martial arts are also extremely strong. He uses black iron epee as a weapon. With one strike of the sword, even a hundred feet of solid ice will immediately turn into rice dust, and his two sons and daughters, Yuwanlou and Yuwanqing, are also top rising stars in the arena, so if Yuyangtian As the leader of the martial arts alliance, no one will have any objections, but he and Zhang Qiujing, the head of the Wudang faction, don't care about these external names, otherwise Tie Kuangshi would not be the current leader of the martial arts alliance. The remaining one is Chen Jinnan, the chief rudder of the Tiandihui. After all, no one in the world knows the two words, "If you don't see Chen Jinnan in your life, even a hero is in vain." Therefore, Chen Jinnan has a very high chance of being elected as the leader of the martial arts alliance. of."

Hearing this, Miaoyu said, "According to what you said, Chen Jinnan must be the one to be elected as the leader of the martial arts alliance this year?" It is martial arts, qualifications, and character, and Chen Jinnan has no bad deeds in his life, and his character is passable. As for martial arts, I don't know much about them, but I have heard that Chen Jinnan once single-handedly selected the top ten masters in Mobei. High, not to mention seniority, there are plenty of people in the Jianghu who want to make friends with him."

After hearing what Jiang Ruofeng said, Daiyu said, "According to what you say, unless you can invite senior Zhang Qiujing or Yuyang Tian to come out of the mountain, the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance is clearly settled." Jiang Ruofeng said : "Exactly, and more importantly, senior Zhang Qiujing and Yu Yangtian are old friends. Unless the other party invites them, they will never participate in the hero conference. Even if they go, they may not fight for it." The seat of the leader of the martial arts alliance."

Daiyu sighed, and said: "From this point of view, I can only think of another way." Having said that, Daiyu already has a secret plan in her heart.When Yinzhen and others heard what Daiyu said, they could only feel anxious in their hearts, but they didn't know what to do in the end.

But at this time, I saw Lin Jiezhi pushing the door and walking in...