The Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness of Crossing

The wet places on the silk scarf showed black marks, which was caused by Yuan Cuixiao coughing and splashing tea.Thinking of this, she brewed a few more teas to try, and sure enough, the one that can make the array image appear is hot tea.

Yuan Cuixiao finally understood, that monster Peng Qi had made a big circle with her.He promised to give her the array map, but he didn't want her to break the array based on it, so he hid the real map in the ice and made another fake one to lure her into the hub.

Heartbroken, Yuan Cuixiao wiped away tears: The most urgent thing is to find a way to send out the formation map as soon as possible... But the master is dead, and the contact with the heroes has been cut off.As for herself, after she was tied up in Huili Mansion last time, Zhao Jue no longer allowed her to go out alone on the grounds of safety.What's more, the battle map is very important, it concerns the lives of those who enter the battle, and my identity is in doubt, so I don't know if anyone will believe me if I offer the map out of the blue... After thinking for a long time, there is no perfect plan for a while.

"Little lady, it's time for porridge." Xia Chan brought a lacquer plate inside.

"Forget it." Yuan Cuixiao glanced at her, and asked abruptly, "Xia Chan, I heard you say before that you have two elder brothers above you, can they live in Xiangyang City?"

Xia Chan put the bowl and chopsticks away and said, "Yes."

Yuan Cuixiao asked: "Where do you live?"

Xia Chan said truthfully: "My elder brother lives in Miaojiadian in the north of the city, and my second brother lives in Qipan Street in the east of the city."

Yuan Cuixiao thought to himself: Isn't Qipan Street... the road that intersects with Youtang Street?In this way, it is very close to the official office...

Xia Chan asked curiously, "Little lady, what are you doing asking about this?"

"It's nothing." Yuan Cuixiao regained consciousness, stirred the hot porridge with a spoon and said, "I'll just ask casually."

At night, Yuan Cuixiao came up with an idea, immediately dressed and got out of bed, rummaged through the suitcases, found the leftover medicinal incense, wrapped it in a crow-colored cloak, slipped out of the garden in the dark, and came straight to the Chengfengyuan.

Chengfengyuan is located in the north of the central hall, where the county prince's mansion files and accounts are kept. The person deed, house deed, and various contract documents are all stored here.Few people come here on weekdays, and only two servants are on duty at night, so the guards are not strict.

Yuan Cuixiao observed outside the courtyard wall for a while, and saw a light coming from the ear room, guessing that the two guards were here.So he walked over quietly, dipped his index finger in a little saliva, moistened the window paper, then poked it lightly, opened his eyes and closed his eyes to get closer, and saw the two servants lying shoulder to shoulder and head to head. Nap at the table.She had a good heart, and immediately took out the fire pocket, lit a small piece of "Chicken Crows and Five Drums Returning Soul Incense", stuffed it into the belly of the copper crane, pointed the tip of the crane at the hole in the window paper, and slowly blew the smoke into the house .

After a long while, Yuan Cuixiao thought that the medicinal fragrance should take effect, so he put away the copper crane, covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, crept in, and took out a set of keys from a servant, looking for the deeded house. I felt the one upstairs, rummaged for a while, finally found the one I was looking for, quickly put it in my arms, and went back to the garden as usual without mentioning it.

The next day, Yuan Cuixiao called Xia Chan into the study room, closed the door, handed her a piece of paper folded in strips and said: "It's for you, open it and have a look."

"What?" Xia Chan was full of doubts, opened the note and looked at it, and couldn't help but screamed, "This is not..."

"Hush." ​​Yuan Cuixiao hurriedly made a silence gesture at her.

Xia Chan lowered her voice and asked eagerly, "How did the servant girl's deed fall into the hands of the young lady?"

Yuan Cuixiao replied: "I got it at Chengfeng Yuan."

Xia Chan's tone became more anxious: "How did you get it, little lady? Didn't the steward of the central hall say anything?"

Yuan Cuixiao calmly said: "Take it secretly."

Xia Chan was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, she was stunned for a while, and Fang said: "Little lady, why did you do this?"

Yuan Cuixiao held her hands, and said solemnly, "Because I have something important to do, I need to ask you."

Xia Chan lowered her head and said in a timid voice: "The servant girl is stupid, I'm afraid... I'm afraid I won't be able to do it, and it will ruin the little lady's business instead."

Yuan Cuixiao squeezed her hand tightly, and said word by word: "Listen, Master is dead."

Xia Chan's body trembled, and she raised her head abruptly. Her eyes were filled with shock and anger, and she said loudly, "No way! He went back to his hometown to serve the sick! You lied to me!"

Yuan Cuixiao's eyes turned red, she gritted her teeth and said, "I'll say it again, Master is dead."

Xia Chan's eyes gradually became hollow and hopeless, and she cried bitterly: "Why?! It was fine the day before yesterday... why is that..."

Yuan Cuixiao embraced her, and Xia Chan leaned on her shoulder, crying more and more sadly.

"You can't tell others what I just said, understand?" Yuan Cuixiao caressed her back.

Xia Chan sobbed and replied, "Obviously..."

"Okay." Yuan Cuixiao took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Now I ask you, do you want to avenge your master?"

Xia Chan suddenly stopped crying, raised her face to look at her, and said firmly: "Yes! Even if Xia Chan's life is risked, I will avenge my master!"

Yuan Cuixiao took out her handkerchief, wiped away the tears on her face, and said softly: "Life is not something to fight for, you have to live well, marry a good man, and have good children. Master Quan has a knowledge , and rest in peace.”

Xia Chan asked with tears in her eyes, "What do you want me to do, little lady?"

Yuan Cuixiao took out the formation map from the bottom of his sleeve, tied it around Xia Chan's neck, and said: "You will go to the steward of the apse to ask for leave later, and you will say that someone in your family is seriously ill and you will go to take care of it for a few days, and let them take care of it for a few days. Send a car to take you to the second brother's house on Qipan Street. When you arrive, you can find a time when there are few people, go to the yamen of Youtang Street, look for Mr. Gongsun Ce who pretends to be a Taoist priest, and give this silk scarf to him. To him. You must hand it over to him personally, and no one can hand it over for you, remember?"

Xia Chan nodded and said, "I remember."

Yuan Cuixiao said again: "Tell him another word for me, just say that I have saved him a lot of lamp oil money, and let him not forget to buy me a cup of hot tea. After this is done, don't go back Elder brother's house, don't go back to the prince's mansion, just stay in the yamen of the court and wait for Lord Gongsun's arrangement."

Xia Chan's tears flowed down again: "But I don't want to part with my little lady. The master is gone, and Xia Chan leaves again, who else will be here with you?"

Yuan Cuixiao listened, tears were about to come out of her eyes, she tried her best to hold back, "hehe" said with a dry laugh: "Isn't there still Chunliu? Besides, you girl, do you still plan to stay with me for the rest of your life? Hurry up stop!"

Xia Chan tidied up a bit, and then went to the steward of the apse to ask for leave.Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature.The county prince's mansion was never strict with its servants, so without asking any further questions, it sent a carriage and took her to Qipan Street.At the second brother's house, Xia Chan sat for a while, then said that she was going to the north of the city to visit her mother and elder brother, said goodbye and went out, and came straight to the Yamen of the court.

Coincidentally, when passing the message at the door, he was bumped into by Yu Mo passing by again.That Yu Mo had struggled in Yuan Cuixiao's hands, knew Xia Chan as his personal envoy, and thought: "The little girl next to the tigress, why are you here at our yamen?"Don't be that tigress, who wants to get my lord's idea again... I asked the guards, the little girl wanted to see Master Gongsun. But she was bullied by a tigress, and this girl will find nothing good... Immediately stopped the guard and said, the guard has not returned for two days in a row. Didn't these irrelevant people come in for an interview on purpose to cause trouble for the two adults.Hearing what he said, the guard felt that it was reasonable, and immediately went out to reject Xia Chan, asking her to come back another day.

"Brother Cha, please pass on a message. Minnv really wants to see Lord Gongsun." After being rejected several times, Xia Chan was so anxious that she was on the verge of crying.

The officer waved his hand and said, "My lord is busy with work, and I don't have time to see outsiders these days. Little lady, go back quickly."

Xia Chan mournfully said, "Brother Send, please, please do me a favor and pass it on for me."

The guard glanced at her annoyedly: "How many times have I told you, no way. You little lady, why are you so stubborn?"

Xia Chan was at a loss when suddenly, a clear male voice sounded from behind: "Little lady, who do you want to see?"

Xia Chan blurted out and replied: "The daughter of the people wants to see Master Gongsun!" As she said that, she turned around to look at the person who came, and couldn't help being stunned.There were five people in this group, they were tall, short, fat and thin, each with their own characteristics, she couldn't figure out for a while which one was the one who asked her a question just now.

The officer saw another group of people gathered at the gate of the yamen, all of them carrying knives and swords, so he stepped forward and asked, "Where did you guys come from? Who do you want to see?"

One of them, a thin man with a dry complexion, took a step forward and replied: "We came from the capital, and we also want to see Lord Gongsun."

The guard looked at him condescendingly: "Is there a letter of worship?"

The skinny man who looked like a sick man looked at another middle-aged scholar with a white face and a beautiful beard and said, "Brother, show this poor man our manuscript."

The middle-aged scholar smiled slightly, took out a book from his pocket, handed it to the officer with both hands, and said, "Master, please pass it on to us."

The guard glanced at him, took the booklet, glanced at the stamp on it, it turned out to be the seal of the Kaifeng Mansion, his expression changed in shock, his tongue was tied, and he clasped his hands and said, "Five...Five An official... wait a moment, humble... this humble... I will go pass it!" Then, he stretched his arms, raised his notebook above his head, and ran in quickly.

Xia Chan looked at the officer's arrogance and respect, and guessed that the five people in front of him were of extraordinary status. Since they are also here to meet Lord Gongsun, why don't they ask them to make it easier for them to bring themselves in... Thinking of this, they approached and saluted : "Several officials, the daughters of the people are in a hurry to see Lord Gongsun, can you bring me in together?"

A tall man with a long face said: "Little lady, if you have any grievances, just go to the front of the hall and beat the Dengwen drum and sound the newspaper. There is no need to go through the back door."

Xia Chan faltered and said: "Minister...Minnv has no grievances."

The group of people all showed a nahan look on their faces, and one of them, a thick and dark man, said, "Then why are you looking for Mr. Gongsun in such a hurry?"

"This..." Xia Chan saw that his face was ferocious and his voice was rough and loud, so he couldn't help but took two steps back and kept silent.

The middle-aged scholar frowned, and said to the rough guy: "Third brother, you are ugly and talk nonsense, you are frightening the girls."

The rough guy scratched his head with his hands, and asked: "Brother, it's not my fault that you're ugly, it's not that I'm not good enough, so I'm asking?"

The skinny man who looked like a sick man said, "Fifth Brother is not here, but Brother Zhan is still here. Third Brother, please stop talking!"

The rough man said with a bitter face: "Okay, okay." He flashed behind a handsome young man.

The man shook his head with a slight smile, held his hand in front of Xia Chan, bowed in front of Xia Chan, and said, "Miss, Zhan is a colleague of Mr. Gongsun, and he is also his friend. Mr. Xun?"

Xia Chan hastily bowed her knees and returned the salute: "Master Zhan, the girl is entrusted by someone, and she wants to give something to Mr. Gongsun."

Zhan Zhao said softly: "It's getting late, and it's inconvenient for the young lady to be alone outside. If you can trust me, why don't you leave the things and let me hand them over to Mr. Gongsun."

Xia Chan looked confused: "It's not that Minnv can't trust Mr. Zhan, but the person who gave the things told Minnv to hand it over to Mr. Gongsun."

Hearing this, Zhan Zhao was a little embarrassed, and the straight-hearted rough guy couldn't hold back his effervescence: "Hey! Girls are so ignorant of flattery! What kind of person is Zhan Weiwei, and he will be ignorant of your things?!"

Xia Chan was so frightened that she waved her hands again and again: "The official, calm down! That's not what the daughter of the people meant!"

The middle-aged scholar glared at the rough man, stomped his foot and said, "Third brother, don't talk too much when you are ugly, you should learn from the fourth brother!"

The skinny man lying on the gun kept watching the movement in the inner courtyard, and suddenly said: "Brothers, the master of the courtyard has arrived."

Xia Chan hurriedly bowed her head to avoid it.

I saw Yan Cha in front of the scattered residence, followed by Gongsun Ce and several subordinates, walking quickly towards the gate of the yamen, but still far away, he cupped his hands and said to everyone: "Guard Zhan, Guard Jiang, Captain Lu, Captain Han , Captain Xu, this hospital is looking forward to it day and night, and it can be regarded as looking forward to you."

Zhan Zhao led the crowd to meet him, bowed his hands in salute and said: "The humble officials are ordered by the Prime Minister, and they are here to patrol the yamen and serve at the disposal of Master Yan."

Yan Chasan hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Please, please."

Xu Qing stretched his neck, looked left and right and said, "Master Yan, why don't you see my fifth younger brother come out to meet you?"

A sad look appeared on Yan Chasan's face. Seeing him, Gongsun Ce hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Everyone has had a hard time on the road, let's go in and talk."

The crowd nodded yes.

Xia Chan looked at Gongsun Ce eagerly, led a large group of people, and headed into the yamen again, and was about to shout out in anxiety when Zhan Zhao walked up to her and said, "Little lady, come with me."

Xia Chan was overjoyed when he heard that, lowered his voice, and said again and again: "Thank you, Mr. Zhan! Thank you, Mr. Zhan!"

After passing through several corridors, Gongsun Ce led everyone into the flower hall to serve tea.Zhan Zhao was at the end, and said to Xia Chan: "Little lady, stay outside the hall later, I will discuss important matters with the master of the court, and I will lead the little lady to see Mr. Gongsun as soon as I have time, do you think so?"

Xia Chan nodded and said: "The daughter of the people has listened to the arrangement of the adults."